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London, England, 1808-09-01 00:00:00

EIRTH.DAY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES•

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most promising appearance.

Let the writ of injun&ion, therefore; issue, to stay
sales upon theSe executions, until th first day of
September next, the Complainant Of °siting with
the Sheeiff,' when required, to meet the dity of sale,
sufficient rtoperty, the valuation of which to be,as.
certained by the price at market three months
gre-
ceding the Embargo At%

40ND(14 : Frtnteo RICHARn HARRIS, Of No. 4, Martiett.couri, Low-street; and pubil.sral by Vi ILLIIC.6I A RMI.GER SCRIPPS, S.Alth N1')ItOl
At the Surt-Owcz No. Strand; where Adve? lisernente; Orders tor the Paver, I ettrrs for the Editor, &c, Oust-Paid.) L

n-strtet, C rosVenor-tqt:4lC;
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tiTititEil, IS ART. V. HARRIS, Mi.
ae Solicitor-Generale Sir Tnosais Yeoman, who
e down upon a Special Retainer, opened this
,e on behalf
.91 Mr. _Harris, that being decided
he Learned Judge, -atter the. point was argued,
re be rightaatirs‘e, although', Mr. Harris Was
tidant, s beVStrz the affirmative propositiOWaa
i:
re made out by him, he claiming an Estate n
ae of the Codicil of a Will. The cause lasted
twenty-three hours, and .an..adjournment took
!e in the middle of Mr. GAR Row's address to the
on behalf of Sir John Cottrel, for Mr. Garrow
also come down upon a Special Retainer. The
mourn-lent
,toot: place between nine and ten at'
it, m
oils eight the lellowing morning. The
it 're Vaas V .this case were shOrtly
ie:—
~..,,,,g .wasi. the Steward of an elderly
,y of a -ptperty, both real and personal e fliileer,
le
tt Les in Worcestershire, the mansion of
h N 6 ineßenley Park; and two others in other
mes, iltly leasetiOld hoosoCin London, "where
d 4virfa residefiCeand_Very large personal pro-
. Itifi,, Harris had obtained-much of the' eateem
ass (I T, who arrived to theaaeoartrafced age of 70.
,
1 laid:fad Steward for four-and-twen-
-0„ .
ai S • n by /i< letters and correspon •
uence be ' "r.
!en him'earid "She J.pittlrel, Mr. Harris clairee- '''.-In the southern parts of the Island the harvest
merit of hang in ',iced Sir J. Cot trel itito the ' work has been chiefly finished, and the grain most'?
dije
ly of, this Laaty a- '4r maiden sister., W
hoin
ahe w elf secured ; and in the more northern dist rids this
jivedand Whreha taivaThianceeeoded in titer de- sort of held leboor is in an unusual state of forward
ig to . Sir John Comirel one of very large reess‘; a fortnight wille probably. if the season coo
less of which she Lad-tiae?disposal e btOavhith times fine, put a period to their wotk. in biatb.
John. Cottret would haVe -had in the event parts of the kingdom the crops are very fine, and
er dying intestate, for he is her heir‘at law.— in general full ; but in the'furmer, the Wheats have;
s lady drew her will from a form which she
been more injured by the SMlli and mildew than in
'
ot Mr. Cowper, an Attorney at Henley-upon-,I the latter. There -can, however, be no doubt of
Imes, and wrote it net all in her own hand, and there being generally a very good harvest.
executed it, and it was duly attested by wit- The turnip,crops, especially those put in at a late_
;es. She kept it locked up, 'without communi- period, have come on . better than could have been
ag the contents of it to any body. On the Bth supposed ; and if the weather should be droppy,they
Oetober she being ,feeble and in bed, gave direr will probably be good crops. 'Those which were
sto her waiting woman to take it out of • her , early sown are, frogencrol, excellent. A great ea-
'moire, and to give it to Mr. Harris, with direct- fent of land has been well prepared for wheat in bot 4
,sfor him toopen it ; which le did, and,,ttiTo..7, the above parts of the 'kingdom, and will be sown
Ithere were *omissions in it ; that she hki ndt as soon as seed can be provided. The ntatatoes in all
eto any one the residue of her estates, real or i • more northern pats of the cottony have Lb',
•
bute „et alteviating the inex, .oleness , peasonal; and therefore he went to hereand soon of-
This tribiinai is called a Court of Equity, whose ik; epaTossed with his 'Own *els a codicil as
ta
decisions aregoided by the particular circumstances foows :••=" I, Sarah Freeman, of Henley Park, in
at each case. ' the County of Oxford, widow, having made my will
Tnis Court 44 Equity lends mercy to the law, and the a7th of .June last, declare this to be a codicil
steps in as a kind of mediator between rigid. justice, thereto,
_and desire it . to be considered as a part
as established by the attaicial institutions of society, thereof. By my said 'viii I have left several annoities-a
and that justice which traces itsorigin to the laws of to my servants and other persons ; and it. isetny , '',
nature and of God. - Will that all the said annuities so loft by my will, -!
Incases like these before me, the law places.every shall be charged upon and payable out of my estates •
thing at your disposal. It holds out to aon the in the parishes of Astley, Shrawley, and elsewhere,
means of rioting upon the spoils of.your neighhour, ' in the Counties of Worcester and Hereford ; that I
your debtor," or the community. - , ' have bequeathed to the Rev. Denham JaMes and
The nation, in order to redress itself for outrage; Joseph Cookes. I have also in my Till omitted to
on its sacred rights, imposes distresses on its own mention the residue and remainder of my estates,
citizens. These distresses are the deprivation .of . real and personal, wlaicir it was and is my will to
those means : which heretofore poured wealth or : give and devise to my Executor, Joseph Harris, of
competence into the lap of the planter. Stanford, Worcestershire, after paying thereout all
His ostensible wealth is, however, now the same. ' my debts, legacies, and funeral' expellees ; and I ac-
He shews you his cotton, his rice, and his negroes. cordingly give and devise the same to him and Ilia
He proves to you that his property has even greatly heirs forever.Sarah Freeman. Signed, sealed; and
accumulated since he engaged to pay your debt ; but delivered, by the within-named Sarah Freeman, as
to pay that debt now, he tells you he is unable, un- a codicil to her will, m the presence of us, this loth
I`.-ss 4 sale is direded by the Sheriff, the eongequenee , day of Odober; 1806—J.-Taylor', M.D.; L. Cool-
Of .which would be a payment to you of four-told, ' son, Surgeon.; Edward -Mason, servant to Mr.-
for a sale of his property now would amount to a ' Harris."—This Lady had.by her will left all the rest
diminution of quadruple its intrinsic and just value, of her estates to those from whose ancestors site had
and in thateratio less than it would have sold. for at derived them, and the single question in the cause,
market previbus to the embargo. was—whether this codicil , was fairly executed by
How immense, and, at the same time, how un- her ?
righteous are the advantages which the creditor de- 11,Irs."White, who had been her servant for many
rives, if he himself becomes the purchaser, and pays years,_ and having married lived at a distance, but
with *his judgment ! how much more unrighteous attended her in her last illoess, gave an account of
and against conscience is a purse, under these cir- her state, of health.- She was ill and rambling in her;
cumstances, by a capitalist, who, with-his ready mo- • mind, and .talked incoherently, on the 6th. of Oda.;
t
nq, speculates upon the misery and the ruin of the ber, fancying herself on a journey. from Sbuthampa
uolortunate debtor ! , , - l ton, &c. but being brought
,to the window of. her
I shall, therefore, bottom my decision upone the t bed-room, there seeing her servants, poultry, cat-
abstrad grounds—that cases of this description in- tie, &c..upon thd linani, she suddenly recovered and,
volve hardship and oppression—that they-are against became heraelfagain, and clear in her understand;.
equity and conscience—that they are promotive of hag, ; continued so , the 7th, sth, gth, loth, ammo
injury to the 'public—that they enable monied men 1 Ith of October; bat on the 12th she began to ram-
to aecutnulate usurious wealth ; and that they tend ble again yet worse, and until the 24th, when she
'to convert a just and •salutary measure of the Govern- i died. '
Mehl into an engine ot political diSatfeaion, through .Other servants corroborated this statement,. and
the medium of the feelings of distressed and persecut- t added many particulars, by which it appeared4at
ed debtors. the codicil was fairly executed. • '
It appeared by the evidence of many other most
respectable witnesses, that
.Mr. Harris Was on the
footing o` intimacy and
.
affeaion with this Lady.
By the evidence of Lady Malmesbury and Mrs.
Rice, the sister of Lord '.l..)onovAt, .aid others, that
Mrs; Freeman was a•Lady of a very good, but of a
very- unbending mind ; not apt to give up her opi-
nion, &c. and that Mr. Harris was genet-ally of the
parties when these noble persons visited her. Mr.
The wife of a coach-maker in Long-acre was I Harris was Mrs. Faeeman'a legatee:under her Will,
crossing the Strand last night, about eight ce ck, f.i before, the codicil, and had a' legacy of '5OOl. by It.
with a child in,her arms, when a' Gentle , e ee - a . oport of this action Of.at,o, was cou
ejeament brought by
riage ' drove furiously up : the- woman h , ohn Coltrel, as heir at lit 'tended,
.
time to leave the way, and in.sodoing, drol . '' - t this Lady was not in her rigiat mind avhen
child, which was immediately run over and Li . lie executed this codicil ; that,,Mr. Harris imposed
the spot. It was taken into Dr. Stanton'.s h ' pon her for his own advantae-e. The chief Wit-
and by him examined, but to. no purpose, 'as it nesses in support of this:were, °Dodor 'Taylor, the
previously expired. tysician, and MreCoulson, the Surgeon, who had
. .
laannaU. ATTEMPT.—EarIy on
, elided her. The substance . of their testimony e
Tuesday mornin• .
was, that although site was not lunatic at the time
some villains attempted to enter Chevalier Rosria; I:a
she. executed this codicil, she. was notOin their tli-
house in Pall-Mall, but were preVented by the
nioneof such a Sound and disposing mind as to be
he
timely interference of Mr. RUSPIN I, who went down
capable of bequeathing her estate 5 and that' h
stairearmed. The fellows made a precipitate retreat. •
they beets aware t
A Coroner's Inquest sat yesterday at a public- -his codicil passed away her real'
"on the body of a person of estate, they would not have attested, it ; hat they'
house near Ball's Pond,
the name of Jones, who expired in one of the North- thought it wasorily to supply some legal diV, in
the will, anal give it vigour and' die& as a legal in.-
ern stages. The deceased, it appeared, resided .in atrument, &c.
Nottinghamshire, and carried on the business of a..
land-surveyor. He suddenly dropped his head whilst After a foil investigation tilci an impartial cliaage
from the Judge, the Jury, after having retired fur
travelling in the coach, and expired without a groan some time returned a verdictfor the Defendant,
to an apople-aic fit. Verdi a —Accitlenial .Dealh.
, . Mr. Harris; upon .which a sudlith burst of applause
Monday morning early, while some thieves were took place, and such huzzas, that letiecame necese
in the act of carrying off a quantity of valuable ar- sary for the Learned Judge to exercise his, authority
tides, which they had stolen from the dwelling- J to restore order, by threatening to - cOmmit .a 4 bae,
house of Mr. Sanderson, in Watworth,they were 'who could be discovered to have joined in the nOise.
discovered by the watchman, who, in- atteMptiag to 'This is a second verdict found in. the same way,' ow
secure one of them, was knocked dOwn anti re- i the same question,lattween time same parties. The
tnained senseless for some time; during which the -cause excited such interest, and the 'Hall was so
villains made their escape-, leaving their booty be- thronged, that some of the Attoidics concerned
hind.. ► could not get at the table by the Counsel.

C4JERNSEY RACES, AUG. 17.

For w Subscription Silver Culs, the following horses started

tiarthoiornvi's gr. h. Diomede' - -
11.140 r C ha:nbzi I:Jill's gr. nr. 'Margaret -
D,rl4:or fesop's ch. h. Icrsty - - -
Heats Well contested between the two first

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1 2 1

A, silver Cup, value Elgs. for horses carrying last. TWO'
heats, and rode by Cent!eaten.
Major Chamberlain's b. g. flobt-3il - I I,
Sir Edmund Neagle's b. g. :Tom Pipes - 2 2
Col. Drummond's b. rn. kVouslty - - cast.
Second heat stverely contes'ed.
A Poney Race, fi.rs. Poney entitled to Sad,Pe, second to fi

Mr. Mart's hl. poucy, Young Eclipse
Goold's gr. poi-my, Baker
Mr. Dixoo's bl. !Raley, Witchcraft
Two others start.:(l, but were distanced the first heat.
His Excellency Sir JOHN Doyt.E, I3art. Sir, E
NEAGL:E, Major-General ERAstit,' and almost all
~ •
the Gentlemen of the -navy and army on the Island,
attended the-Course, which was also graced by the
presence of a great number of beautiful and e;egant
females.

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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL RAPORT,

DUBLIN, AuGusr 27.

Howalt.—The new Pier,. at Hol,vth is carriej nn
wig j~ extraordinary- expedition : scarcely -eighteen
:months have -elapsed since the undertaking 4(-11)-
meheed, and there is now- completed a solid n:ul
twelve feet above high-water mark, resting on a
foundation,-and projec upwards ot 1000
the sea.

• At the foot of the rocky mound upon which
the Martello Tower standu eastward of P.0,.01.1
town, the Pier commences, and continues in a direr'
tion pointing to the east end of Ireland's Eye be" -
tween which and the extremityof the Pier will be
left a passage of about five hundred yards for tho.
admission of Vessels into the. Harbour, which will
thus be. formed between the Baidoyle. shore and tb
.new 'Mole, A Flag-staff is now fixed at the distance
to winch. it is intended to carry the Pier, about LOW)
feet farther.
It -is, by an attention to natural areas that fill
Mole, constructed upon. the simplest principles, air'
forming an impenetrable barrier agaiast the SO'
has been so rapidly as well as solidly construticd;
the shore abounds, in- loose stones; the space IQ
. be enclosed is 'also covered with rocks,' easily re"
moved, and bare at low water ; ' these are -colieJ4"
ed -and dropped into the sea in the dire lion •poihtej
out by the Pier by the operation of, the wave'
and their own_gravity ; they are at- first disperst''
over a large foundation, upon: which other stoilt'4
.Efre dropped, and ' as' the, mass arises from the ,ea,
the materials -stand and establish 'themselves at al'
angle lat which. they naturally fall, so that altilangli
the Pier does not exceed forty feet in width at tO
top; the base, under water is -probably much roar°
than one hundred;
• A mere inspedion of this useful work is safe''
dent to shew its advantages,; the-want of a Port Oil
our Eastern ,shore,, from tieltast to Waterford, into
which VesSels in distress could run at low water,
admitted•by all persons Conversant with the 165°
Channel. This Pier encloses exaelly such a plao
4
'.,of shelter, and also offers a. convenient tying 00 1;,,
._.eastern side for Vessels prevented by westerly .wits"
from entering the harbour of Dublin ; an ativantg?
of no slight moment to the trade of this•city.

DILiD.
On Wednesday the z4th ult.- at Stone-House, Plyrnotltll:,
Mrs. Parlby,' wife of 4,lajor lames earlby, of the Eriginee',".
Beog.nl.
I.
the 2.5 th Nit. at Green,xich, aged gq, Mrs. Mary 10°5'
eldest and last surviving sistcr.of lone lyrics; Esq. of 131a0".
hall, in the County of Montgomery.
On Saturday last, at Hammersmith Terrace, Frederick Al'
ben, Esq. of St. I Palace.
On Sunday morning, at Margate, William Whiting, Es4^
.of Thatchatn, 'Berks.
On Monday last, in his 65th year; Samuel IVilscet
Esc of Holywell, Oxford.
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PRICE ot.' .5 TOC:KS
YESTERDA.Y.
. ~
I3ank Stock, 239 i India .Stock, - ,
Navy 5 pet Cent. 97 ?. i i India, Bonds, 4s. 3s. pr.
.....
'lrish 5 per Cent, E xcheci."lii i Is, 6s. as. 4s. rw
4 per Cent. 82. 82. ii, a Omnium, xi i ctis.
per Cent. Kett. 66 ti A-L- iin peria ) 3 per Cent. 6_5 1:
3 per :..'ent:•Con. 65 i 6i
~ Ditto Ann. 7 i
'Bank 1... .Ann. IS i 7-16ths Cons, for 13th Oa. 66 si' 661.
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-

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Morning, o min. after o. Afternoon, 15 min: after t 1•