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London, England, 1806-07-04 00:00:00

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. PLYMOtiTII, .!.tliAr* 2:-..-=Arrived: a ismol f.;pat)ll/
P,E,rger, la*deni.witii brandy and wine, cut buttton
wider a Battery Oil the CoaSt of Spain by die Boats
or the Venus
.Vrigate; six other Vesselhi-were- cut
out at.the same time.'.

.Arrived the Ain t. ri c‘in Ship Pelt, ide re., of and fi,..; me'
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Philadelphia, bound to Bretten, Jcs. INTurtHEIL
Macter, laden with sugar, coffee; e..:e. detained liy
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the Indefatigable Privateer.

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A melancholy accident occurred last evening on
board the. Swedish trig Nayadett, CAEL DANEE-
,
w.Aap Master, lately arrived from Cofunna, by the
bursting of a eahnon, . which had been loaded for a
, . .
considerable length of t.:-ne, which they 'were not'
able- to dtaw—by Whiell JOITN M`CASLAND was
killed on the 'spot, :and GEORGE MANN so 4rea47
fully wounded as to expire in the night : they were
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both PileSts of this place. The second Mate of the
Vessel had bOth his legs broken,. and,was-wOunded
in the groin, and is not expee-ted to recover. The
Captain ofthe Vessel was also slightly: sounded, and
the upper wotks and decks of the Vessel near to the
place where the gun stood are shattered to pieces.

, FALMOUTH, JULY 1.---Arrived the Raven Sloop
of War, from Plymouth, -to give' itistruftions to the
Vessels bound to Newfoundland, Portugal,' &c.
Sailed the 'ffici/sivizam Packet, C'apt.
with a Mail for Lisbon.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3.—Sailed the Orkhrus and
Warv'erine, for Plymouth, to colic& convoy.
Dropped clown to St. Helen's His Majesty's Ship
Hibernia, of ii o guns. Earl ST. YIN CENT is ex-
peEled down to-morrow morning. •
The DiadeM, of 64 guns, has detained and Sent
into this Port the American Ship Thames, PERRY,
from Batavia, bound to New-York, laden with cof-
fci:.

Yesterday the Donnagal,lbf 80 guns, went out of
harbour.

Arrived the Danish East Indiarnan Two Gesysters,
from Beng;.11; from which Ship several passengers
landed at this Port.

HAttwickr, • JULY 3.---The Diann Packets Capt.
"MACDONOUGII, sailed this morning .for Husurn, with
the Hambnrgh Mail, and one of HisiVlaic..Sty's
stingers with Dispatches. At the same time the.
Lady Nepean, Capt. G. DF.AN,E, .with a .Mail for
'Gottenburgh...

His Majesty's Ship the Peg. asus,Capt. PENG UELLt,
lately stationed off this p 1 ice, is ordered tp.tlie Nore
to be raid ofE

Remain the Aggressor, Chczrger, and Centine/
Gun-brigs.

DOYEN, JULY 3. Passed. by for London the
She field, DAVIS, from Norfolk, Virginia ; and the
Truro,. WHITTIgGHAM,' With sugar, fum, coffee,
and wood, from Jamaica.

DpAL, JULY 3.--Sailed . yesterday evening,' after
Post, the -Zebra Bomb, with the Supply. and Ran 7
ger, for Plyinouth, and a fleet of other Transport
outward bond Vessels under convoy for Ports-
mouth ; al3o this. day the Blanche Frigate on a
Cruize.

Arrived the" Kcin,Oroo Sloop of War and the
Bold Gun-brig frorri a Cruize, and remain in. the
Downs with the rest Of the Ships as per last.
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SHEERNESS, JULY 2.-The Seagull Brig, Capt.
CATHCART, with a large Fleet of Merchantmen un-
der Convoy for the Baltic, was at the Warp with a
light breeze of wind at S. E. this evening. ,
The Naiad Frigate is docked to undergo a repair.
Ships at this,Port are—the Zealand, Theseus, Alkmaar,
Winchelsea. Ceres, Etna Botnb, Gannet, La Fieche, Naiad
Frigate, Skylark, - several Gun brigs, Fire Vessels, and
Bomb Tenders, names unknown ; the Immortalite is nearly
broke up. '

Captain CoorE, late Commander of the Ranger
Sloop of War, arrived on Wednesday at Southarnp-.
Wit, in 27 hours from Mprlaix, in the Kitty, a lit-
tle Vessel of only 13 tons, belonging to that 'place.
The above. Officer has come horn& on parole, and to
be exchanged.
The "'Moe arrived at Bombay in January, spoke
his Majesty's ship Concorde oft Goa.
. HiS Majesty's Ship St. Fioreni o arrived at Bengal
the -becrinning'of January.
His Majesty's Ship Dasher has arrived at Madras,
after seeing her Convoy in safety into the lat. of 1 N.
His Majesty's. Gun-vessel Scourge arrived at Ben-
gal January, from CUttack. -
The Ganges,. HARRINGTON, Dorsetshire, BROWN,
and
.barren Hastings, LARKINs, arrived in Macao
Loads the 28th of January last; the Surat Castle
also arrived in China.

:ToossAnsT, late a Captain, and JEAN BERNARD,
late a Lieutenant in- TQUSSAINT L'OUVERr6RE'S
army, and who 'accompanied him' to France, the
Lords of the Admiralty have kenerously ordered.to
be conveyed home in the Itiolverene Sloop, !which
is under orders to take a:Convoy to the West Indies.
They have been 'sent from the Volontaice, on hoard
the Walverene,

Wednesday sennight Capt. COOPR, of, the Bro.;
theis; belongin„a to the Port of NeWhaven, was at-
tacked off Brighton by the crew of a French Pri-
vateer, whom he gallantly, beat off; although the
Frenchmen had just before taken a 'Brig in size equal
to the Brothers. The Captain's wife was an board,'
and Vs, ith the 'spirit of a true British Tar, handed the
cartridges from the powder-room, the :better to
en4ble her httsbalid to sustain the aaion.

StOR 'I VA' G lAT4
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IPc kAcgi„.. •%y ir)N E D 7, 1 ir 2.
Charipet, by 1V.1.1,key.„ 3 vl.44;:id r
Mi. Waidirigtorys'b..c.. lough iidy, )sold - 4
Mt; S. Pearce's ch. I.,Parience, by AlpzzArd, yrs old 3 j
Thq ccntiem:.-11's rurse4 •
Mr. eaves br. nr. 2 atY a, by l'e4J.su3, _0 yrs o', i 1 2 r
MajorWilsores be.c.hyl3l:zzarc4out of Yrs6l,lL I %F 1
Mr. Mart:ll's RoNana, 4:4irryi! g
„heat Mr. 156)-4:e".i
Julia, git. cgs. halr a mile. :
Mr. Anncsley's .12eat Mr. Ilawkips's. Ch. g.
rags bat( a hear •
403ny ppcketd. were picked. .()he Gentler-41ln lost is I. aa'
ther 2.e01. and a Farnlcr 301.

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• . . . ,- , • '': STAMFORD RACES.—TuisbA4'...' '
The Noblemen and Gentlerticn's:SweepStakes of icgs. taoh,
p: p. tiir 3 yr.ofdq. . . .
,
General' GrOsvetior's Oh. f./\i'orall, by
.John Buil -
Mr. liartopp's b. f. Merrym4id; bY.Buzz-ird - . r
Mr. Wentworth Bayly's. b. f... by Buzz,o-d - '
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The Town' Plate of sol. for -3 yz-s old, 4, i, 6, and aged...
Mr. Andrews's b. c. Fathom, 4 yrs old - - , . ..•
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Mr. Williams's gr. c, Blue Bell
.4 yis old . - -
4 2
Mr, lnchley's b. c. brother to ffornby Las's, 3 yrs old 1. Mr. T. Fishei's Ch. h..-.' Ifarth-StoPper, aped;- - " ' ,3
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Major Morris's ch. 1. Zephyr; by .Ternado„lyrs old i 'dr4

A .Letter: from a Gentleman residing• ;Viricenne.,
Indian territory; tt, the r;,;ditor of The 11<,;,ilern
rican, dated April t 5, The Governor his
just been officially inferrned, that the Delaware.ln-
diens have burnte:;everal indMdulls of their nation,
and condemned several others to undergo the same
fate..: A Prophet, it seems,' appeared .among them,
who told them, that he had seen the Great Spirit,
who commanded him to tell the .tridians that it was
his will they should destroy all those who drank Spi-
rituous. liquors, or kept bad medicines about then,.
In consequence of these orders. from above, they
began by burning the-great Chief of the. Nation him,
self, and are continuing the pious work with :I's Much
devOtion as the Council of Conscience felt when they
Condemned to the flames John Hassan(' and Jerome
Prague. The GoVernor is about 'sending- a-
message to try to paci:y them."
The salary of the office to which Mr. CURRAN. hai
been. just appointed, is, we understand, 400.01.
year ; and that of the Llteputy Keeper of the Rolk
to which Mr:CURRAN has appointed his eldest son,
•is above 10001. a year. The patronage belonging to
Mr. Ct.rattAx's appointment is considerable.
On Sunday morning last, about two o'Cleck;.g fire
broke out in the stable. of a dwelling-houie; in the
Market-place of .Collompton, Devon; react door
to- the house formerly the Salutatio'd inn, which
increased with great, violence 'till it had 'con—
sumed nearly all , the houses from thence to the
'Post Office, where its progress was, stopped, bl,-
pulling down part of a back-house belonging,
to the. Post-office tenements. It was first discover-
ed by a woman, who was accidentally passing up
the street to call up sotne persons that were going
a journey. • . The inhabitants' were thrown infl
great consternation, front their apprehensions lest a
magazine of gunpowder, which .was deposited in. the
Workhouse, but a very little dislance from the
flames,. shOpld take fire, but it Was all speedily and
happily removed : the engines Were veryjudfeiously
worked with good effeect, and the fire got under about
seven-in the morning. ' -

As the workmen we're digging near the Poets'
Corner,
.Westainster Abbey; yeSterday morning,. It,
lengthen the sewer, they discovered a skull, sonic
thigh • and other bones, and, the lower part of the
jaw bone, with the teeth entire, of a human skele.
ton. The place not being used forinterment, it was
conje&ured that the bones Were arose Of some per_
son who had been tnwdered. An eminent surgeon
was sent for, who, upon examination, gave it as .his
opinion, they had been interred 'at least one Izndred;
perhaps five. hundred years, arid that mostsprobably
the place was formerly used •as a burial g-rorliil
The bones were evidently those of a person of un-
common size, and upon being pressed hard crumble 4
into dust. The teeth were perfe& and of a)arse
size.

A few days since a yerson who supped in the
traveller's. room at the George Ini); Frome, took.
an opportunity, 'in the absence of 'Mr. E. 1.1101113 g
-(who travels for Messrs. Stock and Charlton,
of
Bristol), to open his bags. and take from his
pocket-book between twenty and thirty pounds, with
which .he-made off, but-a disco Very being soon made
of the robbery, he was pursned, and overtaken at
Salisbary by the waiter, when many of the bills
were found upon him; and he Was in consequence
committed to Ilchester Gaol on Friday; he calls
himself Henry-Melshatn, and says:he is a bookbinder
from London.

•
A young man of theanameof Nelson \css unhap-
pily drowned,about eight o'clock last Friday evening ,
close to Swansed. He had gone into the sea to,
bathe, and, when about breast-high in the water,
sunk without apparent cause .a few Yards from the
shore it is supposed he had *heated himself by
walking, and entering the water-in that state, was
suddenly seized with•the cramp.

_ .
CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 4.—There are not man%r
fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day, samples of good
quality fully maintain, their, price, and inferior
have very few purchasers • prime Barley a trifle'
dearer; Malt and Beans Of both sorts are steady
in. price ; White Pease are dearer, and incline up-
wards ; Grey at better 'price ; there are a few fresh
arrivals of Oats from the North Country, but this
trade is at small variation, and Flour likewise.
Wheat 54$ a 665 a Sos od BeJns 45s a
,5 ot Fine ditto - Ilas a 85s 0.: Tpck beans 36, a 42s 0:1 Rye 38s a 4zs -od' Oats 23s a 27s a 3z,, od
13arley - - ,3 is
,a 36s 6:1 Poland flirt° 32s a 34s 6,t
Malt -66 s a 7as cd Rape Seed .—1 --1
White Pease
.5Ss a 64s cd Fine Flour 65s a 7os _od
Grey ditto 4®s a 45$ od Seconds - 555 a 655 od

SMITHFIELD MARKET, juLy 4.
This day's market was but thinly supplied with.
different kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, and Pork sup—
port last priCes; Veal is rather dearer; Lamb is sottie-:
what cheaper, and the trade was not over brisk .—The-
business done in the Haymarket was trifling ; Rik
has got up in price since. Monday's market ; Stra w
does not fetch last price ; and Clover .continues the.
same as last report.—We subjoin a coned statement
of the prices and numbers : • • • • ' •
To sink the (MEd per stone of 81b. •
Beef 45. 6d. toss. od.--Mutton 4s oil. to ss. od.—Veal
6s. od.
. to 7s. od.—Lamb ss. od. to 6s. .4.—Pork cs. od.
-. 6s. od'
Be—
asts; 470. Sheep and Lambs, 4760.--Calves, 'Bs.
Pi 6 3021

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.'
Hay 31, ;o 41. 18b t.►over 41. os. to 51. 55.--Straw,
11. ASs. to 21, 2s.'

I LAW 'REPORT

COURT OF KiNG's BENCH, TvLy 3.

' • MARY MEAGHER V. JOIINi MOORE,
The Plaintiff is a widow Lady, resident in Grosve-
nor-row, Chelsea ; the Defen6nt -is an Attorney.
This was an a&ion for special damages, in conse-
quence of slanderous words. .
Mr. GARROW said, that this Lady had to com-
plain Of an injury of a most serious nature, which
rendered it necessary that she should' resort to this
Court to receive justice from the yerdia.of an Eng-
lish Jury. e She was a woman of great respe&ability,
but of small fortune, and having taken up some
money on an annc.ity from a Gentleman of the nrane
of Wattie, the amount, was called in, and she was
direded to pay it into the bands of the Defendant,
who is an Attorney of the Court. To facilitate this'
repayment it became necessary for her to borrow 'a
rum of 401. ; and for this purpose she availed her-
self of the official charader of the Defendant.' 'ln
pursuance of this business, she had several inter-•
vies with the Defendant, ,who one evening called
at the unseasonable hour of ten o'clock, The Lady
expressed some stirprise at this unusual visit e on
which Mr, Moore said, that he came for some:per.:
son's addresS, and. 'without any . explanation• with
, drew. • A short time afterwards he made .another
visit at the same hour, and wheu•this Lady was un-
-der the most pressing calaiiiity from the recent loss
of her only. son, to .whom the care of her life had
been. principally devoted,- After ,some reluctance on
her part, which she expressed .to Mrs. Tadwell,
with whom she lived, she was at last persuaded to
attend to the bUsiness on which the young lawyer
professed to come.
[Mr. GARR ow here explained what passed; which
we shall prefer seating from, the mouth of the
witness.]
. .
He then proceeded : •
• If a woman were called as many wh—s .o32the'
most aeliye Volubility -of. tongue" could pronounce,
during, her progress from:Westminster-Hall to-St.
Giles's, it Would be no ground for an action, unless
it vas shewn that some injury had resulted to.her
frOm'such,defamatien. He had Said, that her fortune
was stnall and it .was yet more reduced by her assi..e
• dnous attention to .her dying child. There were
persops-of considerable rank and of great humanity
(he was -sorry he could. not calaady Peachey, who,
WaS.eonfined from the best cause,) who afforded the'.
Plaintiffan asylum .in the most delicate.way, receiv-.
sing her as a visitor, the immediate object, at the*
same time, being to assist her under the embarrass-
:: Ment she suffered from a contracted income. This.
was not An extraordinary case; many clergymen's
widows; and others, • were ,soMetimes- accoanno"-
dated, by the_ friendship of the higher erders of
society, in a way to 'relieve their' difficulties with-
out wounding their sensibility. The foundation of
, the action was, that many respeEtable persons had
-been induced to withdraw their assistance and
prbtedion in consequence of this calumny. His
Lordship would recoiled an aClion for slander
Of this kind before. Lord KENYON, in consequence
of which a 'entleman had 'been disappointed of
marriage with A certain Lady. The Lady was called
as a witness; and she was:asked, if she thought un-
favourablyof the Gentleman from the report of which
he complained ? To this "she replied, that she had a
very high opinion of him before, and that she had
then a high opinion of him, 'as far as.she could_ trust
her own judgment. It was then inquired, ," Do
you intend to marry him as soon as the cause is
over ?" To this. she answered, " I have not made
up' my 'mind upon the subject ; my determination
will depend upon the veidid." , The CHITF ju.siien
was clearly of opinion, that -she acted prudently in
not marrying a man, against whoM such a Calumny
had gone forth; until his charaiSler should be cleared
by the verdid, of a Jury : he said, her reason was
.'perfeOly just and honourable, and that he liked.her
testimony the better for this proof of her discretion.
The Jury would see, that the friends of th Plaintiff
exercised the like prudence, and they would be dis-.
posed to 'give the witnesses the same credit which.
Lord Kenyon had dispensed on the occasion to which'
he had referred.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tadwell deposed, that, when the
Defendant-came on the second night, he was usher-
ed into the drawing-room ; that after some time the
Plaintiff.gave an alarm,' on which the 'Witness ran
up-stairs, and heard the following words from the
Defendant,
,which he repeated many times over :
" You want to make ajob of me, but I am too high
for you. This is because I would not give her 401.;
she has been begging 401. of rne.' I have kissed her,
it is true, A hundred times before, at her_ house in.
Knightsbridge: She ha's locked me Up, there in her
lrotse, until three or four o'clock in the morning,
and put the ice); in her, pocket. -She haS been in all
the newspapers, and has lured me up here to extort
money from
.me," Mrs. Meagher observed, " You ,
have no proof df that."' To.which be replied, " I
can cal/ your maid to prove it." The Plaintiff then
Said, " Give me a receipt, and take your money,
and be gone;", to which the Defendant anwered,
li haVe got no receipt, .I did not come for money, •
I will never receive another shilling of your money,
and I will let Mr. Wattie knowhow ill I have been
treated." • „
Mrs. De Brjeue, who keeps, a boarding-house for
the young7Gentletrien 'Of Westminster-school, and
Mr. Hamilton, a builder: in Sloane7street, Chelsea,
and his' wife, all deposed, to their readiness to re-
'ceivothe Plaintiff :into their families" without any
experice to herself, and to their wish and intention
to have done so,,if her charader had not been in-
jured by the report resulting frem that interview
`with the Defendant.. . - -
Sir V. ,Gmss, for
.the Defepdant, argued; that if
the Plaintiff had suffered any thing from the words
employed; it, 'arose entirely from the circulation of
the story by the Plaintiff and herfficnd; Mrs. Tad-
well. It had been truly said, that the words them-,
selves were not actionable, ancr all 'that could be'
_claimed was merely the expellee she.• 'would have
saved by the occasional, dinners. of ' which she might
have partaken frtom the bounty of, :two Of the wit-
nesses. 1

Lord,ELLNBOROUGH, after stating the parties to
the a&ion, said, " The.gtion is to:recover a conipen-
cation in damages for the loss the Plaintiff has sus-
Wined in conse‘ 2pience of the defamatory expressions •
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