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London, England, 1801-02-10 00:00:00

Penzance, for a Letter, alledged to be a Libel
and unfounded Calumny on a Gentleman of the
name of Charles Burdon, Commander of a Ship of
War called the Hecate, accusing this Gentleman
with something more than negligence when .snine
Frewh Ships came into a Bay near the Land's-
end and cut out some Ships there. This Letter
was sent to the Lords of the Admiralty, who in-
stituted an inquiry, the yesult of which Welb
that their Lordships were perfeEtly satisfied with
the condua of Mr. Burden, and gave him up this
_Letter to make of it whx. use he pleased, by way
of proceeding against the Author. There were
Affidavits, stating that the body of this Letter
was of the hand-writing of this Gentleman against
whom this Motion WAs made, although the Sig-
nature was feigned.
Rule to chew Cause granted.

HOAR E, ESQ. V. ALLAN.

This was an /talon for. Criminal Correspond_
. ence between the Defendant and the Plaintiff's
Wife, tried before Lord KENYON and a SpeciA
jury at Westminster, when a Verditt was found
for the Defendant.
Mr. ERSKINE obtained a Rule this Term, cal_
ling on the Defendant to she* cause, why, there
should not bea new trial, upon the ground, that
the -Evidence of 'a 'Gentleman of the name of
CLARK; a peculiar Friend of the Plaintiff, and
who had an interview with both Mr. and Mrs.
Hoare, previous to her departure from her hus.
band's house, and who was about to describe how
Mrs. Hoare was agitated ; and to shew, that
Mr. Hoare- had every reason to believe, that she
was going to her Uncle .Major Cook; .when she
left her husband's house, although she did in Ina
go to the Adulterer ; on the grolipd, as we have
stated, that this Gentleman's P7videoce should
not have been stops, where it was.
Mr. LAw,Mr. GAttaoW, and Mr. btextto,
chewed Cause against the Rule ; and. Mr. ERMINE
was heard in part, in support of it, when
' Lord KENT 0:1 expressed a wish, that the cause
Might be tried again, lest, by possibility, he might
lave rejeded something, that the Witness ought.
to have been.perMitted to say but his Lordship
was nOtsonsciOns of it, nor had he changed, in
the least, his opinion upon this case.
The other. Judges agreed to let this Case go
beford another Jury, in order that this Evidence
might be again tendered, *and disposed of by my
Lord Chief Justice'. , •
Rule for New ,Trial absolute.

SCOTLAND.

SAINBURGIi, ?EB. 5.

A Danish ship, valued at upwards of to,ocol.
having put into Bowtuore, Islay, in distress,
was about ten days ago detained by a Mr. Simp-
son of that place.
Last week a sheep farm in the Island of Jura,
Tinted at 851. per ann. sold fur 3,5001. which is
above ift years purchase.

AYR., JAN. 29.
Upon the t Bth inst. Mr. James Craig, Super-
visor of Excise here, and two of his Officers,
Alex. Williamson and Win. M'Lean, accompa.
hied by a party of the loth, or Edinburgh Mili-
tia, sailed from this port on board the Prince
,Augusrus Frederick Revenue Cutter, Captain
nowie, for the island of Arran, where they dl3-
covered seven private distilleries, five private
monsters, and seized three large stills, .0 hick
!Or. Craig has lodged in the Excise-office here.
Prosecutions against the offenders will immediate-
ly take place, who justly merit in times of such
dearth and scarcity, the most exemplary punish-
ment the law can

ABERDEEN, FEB. 3.

• By a letter from the master of the Charlotte,
of this place, we learn that slip was taken off
Flamborough Head On the ihini day after she leit
Aberdeen,' by the same privateer which took the
Commercial Packet. The master and mate were
taken on board the privateer, which landed them
at Calais. We have not yet learned to whaeport
the Charlotte was carried.

On Saturday the M4istrates fined John Dow,
of Bridge of Don, in 401. Scot*, for having in.
tereepted' several loads of meal which was on, the
way to the market, and for sating it again in the
market at an adVanced price.

. ,
There is now living at .Cloves, parish of Alves,
Murray.:shire, James Watson,, who has seen art
(It three centuries. lie was born in IVl,lrch 1699.
His farthest journey from his native spot was
once to Keith, village about .2o miles distant.
Be was at his son's harvest home in Oeloher last,
and after spending the evening with much glee,
walked home to his Own. house, a distance of a
mile and'a Nalf, where he was barn, and within a
hundred yards where his father; was born, who
died at. the Avanced age of 99 years.

The Average Price of Sugar, computed from
the Returni made for the Week ending, the 4th
day of Febrearl Om, Its Eighty-tnvo
and Eight.'pence • 'Three farthings per hundred

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weight. -
'I he Shrewsbury Chronicle of Friday last, has

an Adveitisement, in which one George Robinson
—humbly begs pardon, for having charged the wife
of a Publican, of 'Wellingborough, with waking
in the midst of divine service at church, and sing.
ing the song of " Tally Heigh() the Grinder I"
The following venerable coincidents took place
in Bath a few days since :—A Gentleraan now in

his 74th year, sat down to a Rocker's harpsichord,
full Igo years old, upon a chair which belonged,
at least is° years ago, to one of the Monks of
Glastonbury, and
.played some music published
above 200 years since by Palkstrina and. Bird :
50 that the aggregate age •off' the performer, the
instrument, the sear, and the 'Music, amounted to
six hundred and servinty,fdstryfars.