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London, England, 1801-12-21 00:00:00

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The Cisalpine Government had ordered that a
s;ibreshotild be presented to General MuitAT, with
the inscription, " the grateful Cisalpine People to
the General in Chief MURAT.''.,qhe General; in
acknoWiedging the communication of this order,
and testifying his sense 0f.th4;r4a,r1,,: of respea,
treated.the Government4o.reserire for more urgent
purposes the sum appropriated. to that objeti;—
" 1 ani• toe' well acquainted". he..observed," with
the critical state of your- Finances, to iicimit of your
being at the smallest expence On ac'eounL,"
,4
The Kira; of ETRURIJ): has testifieai to uenerlt
MURAT his high satisfadion, at; the,goOd..eondiiß
observed by the Republican Trcopsin his Stites:
0.•
The Princess of COURLAND and Baron MAttm:.
FELDT; Lietitenant General iri the Swedish Army;
have passed through' Strasbuiiti on their way to

Count ST. MAkSAX, Minister of the King of
Sardinia, has arrived at Fi7inkfirt froth Nap/es—
Some suppose that he will reside there until the
final determination of the fate of his Sovereign ;
while Others report that he will proceed to the
Congres6 at Amiens:

'Lettera from Craco;tv state, that the pay of the
Soldiers in garrisons in that City has been augment.
ed °tie -kretitzer a day; on account of the gat scar.
-City which prevails 'there.
The Eleetiir Palatine has issiied an Edict the
suppression of luxury among the•tlass of domestics.
They are prohibited from wearing gold and Silver
laCe, which are much Used in Bavaria in decorations
for head-dresses., handkerchiefs, and other articles
of apparel. •
Letters from the Right Bank of the Rhine state,
that not only will the Eletiorate of Mentz be pre_
served, but that the,Eleaor will receive a complete
indemnification for the loss of his Possessions on the
Left Bank of the Rhine.

The King of SPA IN has transmitted to the Prince
of Peace a Decree containing a full pardon for all
those concerned in the insurredion in Valentia, who
were not leaders, or principal agents ; and announe7
ing the appointment. of a Coumellor to stipereede
the Jurisdiction of the Court appointed in conse;
quence of that affair.

The two French Frigates which were.at AnaPla,,
left_that: Port in the beginning of last, month for
14/os. The Pope's 'Legate immediately took pos-•
session of the place, and appointed FRAric Ist°
CAmERAra, Governor. His Holiness was to take
soleinn and formal possession of the whole of the
Papal territory on the zzd ult. but on account of
the diittresses of the time, he dispensed with- the,
expensive pageantry usual on such occasions..

BREST, DEC. 6.-It is now io A. the;
winds which have constantly prevented the sailing
of the'lleet' are become almost favourable enough
to permit it ttio put to sea. But they must be 'very
eager to sail, who would attempt to go to sea
with a wind so 'Uncertain and so little propitious.
The cannon are firing; but it is not a. signal of
departure, as sonic supposed ; it is, _according to
established- custom, to give-notice 'to the peasants,
in the environs, that some galley slaVes have.made
their_ escape..
The Frigate Didon enttred the Hathotir the cloy
befdre yesterday froin St; Ma/d. She met with a
violent storm at- sea, which carried her to the
English coast. For a week .she contended with•

dreadful -gales and a tempestuous-sea, and it was
'with 'difficulty she, got into port. ,She• perceived
cn the English coast a 'numerous English squadron,
which; as it was accompanied by a great number
of Transports., is presumed;
,to be the Army from
Egypt.
BouariaAttx; DEC. B'.--The preparations for,
the Armaments hay.e been suspended on account of
the necessity of providing for the safety of the
Ships in the Harbour ; but every thing .annotinces
that they, will soon recommence., The Diredor of
the *Port informs us,' that the non-arrival of the
Couriers from Toulwise and _Bayonne is occasioned
by the overflowing of the Garonne, which has
undated the roads.

A
• :
A Comniereial • .Treaty;.embracipml, a vaiiety b
arrangements, highly advantageous ro.the interests
of the East India Company in the Northern Ms-
trifts.,, has been todcluded between the Peishwa alld
the Nizam;

The India t ottiany have .6xtencte,d their Mili-
tary Estliblishment 15y the addition of some new
RegimentS of ip.'avalry and Infantry, in Conseqnence
Of the recent .changes in the Carnatic, &e. The
fo:ce which the.Cornpany stipulates to keep..Utp in
Oude for the protection Of .that Pro Vince; is to
comprise .16,doci men'; brit it May, upon any press-
ing 'occasion, be reduced to 8666 ; in which case,
however, a proportionate reddliofi is to .be Made
in the annual tribute tai be paid by the Nabob'.
. .
It appeall by letters frern Madi-as, that the ita.
nee of Ddre having sdppOrted the Pkiliga‘r of Vera..
patchy iii hi; late tebellion, .a detachment of the
Southern Arrriy was:sent agaiiist her z expefting an
atterek; she had Made Consid6rable preparations to
resist it, but our tiooo having, by extraordinary
energies, reduced her to gteat extretnities,,she-con_
seated to submit to the clemency of the Company,
being assured as to her personal safety ; and has,
with the principal peesons of her Court, been sent
prisoner to bindigur. The Princess is. confined ire
the same Fort with the Poligar, bur is treated with
'all- the atientibn due to her tank.

The following ad of genetoSity, .which does the
highest honour to the Princess of Li CHTE NSTE /ST,
is stated in the German Papers: On her birth-day
shezave a Fete at Felsberg, to some of"the inha-
bitants 'of that place, whose houses, 140 a short
time before been &strafed by fire,. When the
gaiety of the guests had been a little raised by wine,
the Pripcess went into the. Hall, and said, " you
owe me 4:5,000 florins, which I lent you to enable
you to rebuild your houses."- The company lame,.
diately rose, aild
:interrupting- her, said, " we ac-
knoWledgeit, but we entreat you to have a little
patience." She " will not wait
any longer." She thqt_ordcrt'd a.scrvaut tO bring
in a chafing-dish, ;nal i!nmedißtely burnt ;dl the
Securities which they, had given her.-

Ain CONSUIIiPTION OF CATiLE.

THE
follouing comparison between the aver.;
;tie of bulliicks; was one hundred,
yearg.ago, and•irs it is at the present time,
~li' on Sc;;;lbs.
(3;li yes; - ditto, sa "7". LIP
SIiCCI), dittO., 11410! 28 7,-
Laipbs, ditto, ditto,
.18
Notwithstanding this:increase of size, the num-
ber of beasts, arid the Price of meat, have &Orne
poi donate incte,~se: The following aVeri-
tai~tiin .nine yeaCs each, shew the nurni)L7 of _etttle
and sheep S6lol' in from the .
viz.

1737. to t 749, yearlyAvergage, Cattle 83,966 5kep..564,659
1741 t0.i;"445. ditto, 7-7 7,1094 . ---- 5-59;9t
1.750 to 1748; aitio;. - --- ;331. -4-__. 623,09
1759 to 1767, I,littO, ---- 83,4 ~-,-;-... ' 615,328
t 768 to.-1770r '
..ClittO? -
,gi..,)L 2.r:•--" 6A,7;80;
1777 tO r7f,..4, ditto, ,
,--- 99,2. 1 —_ 687,55;$
1786 io 1794, ditto, ---z. 10(;075 .41-- 707,456
. . ,
We are not informed of, the tirecise yeArfy a We-
-13.2
Cage of the seven last years; but understand that
It
conSideiably e3lceeds that of any fin-trier period: •

Mr;. ARTHUR YOU!, G, in his Agricultural Stir-
veys of Lincolnshire and Suffolk; asserts; (and he is
borne out by every other writer on the subject) that
if theprcidirce of land 'sells 'for five rimes the renr;
(which on the average:of the Kingdom was stared
at I gs. per acre), the fanner would be amply paid
for his risk,' labour,. and. every, incidental expence,
inclUding iz per cent. interest on hid capital.—
These Estimated were -made preyions to the year
when
,the price of Barley, for instance, on
an average of Many yeare, did not amount to 3s,
per bushel; the average prices _of r 7.80 and -17.8 t;
amounted tono,thore than as.. id. *yet the .farmer
Was Content and amply paid ; but 'now that Barley
sells at an average -01 nearly 6s. per bushel, mei"-
sures'haVebc:en resorted to, still further ici enhance
the price, on
_the prete)tt ofgivink encouragement. to
the. Growers, although they .now have on.the fore-
going Estimate a produce of ninth that twelve times
their. rent. • -
• At Stamford, Lingoln, Doncaster; and most -Of
the peigllbotiring markets; the price of wheat has
experienced some depreision. . •
At 11.5ppingliani rime wheats are about- 6s, per
qiiarterrdearer ; at Lynn 4s, .Louth 35.. and Gains-
-borough .and Saliibury zs. ; at Leicester, Newark,
'Warminster,.-Newbury,, 1-lerburp,,an(l some other
places, the ptices are steac;fy:
At Exeter, ,Nheat is siXpence per lyu' shcl cheaper
--=nosy selling at Bs. 6d. and the quartern loaf atal •.
•-- • -

. •
At Devizes,
.prime Avheat has fallen aLous:.ss.,Ber
quarter, viz, to 695„,.. ;:,
At
.13a111; I:he:average, price of flour has declined
is. t1f.4;,134 sack; viz. 0553 . a i.l.4risSicin
of fifteen shillings witiiin a foxtnigl,t ,---the price
--a the quartern loaf. was Weduesty, fi-ed
"al tcri-,,ence- bUt will be such lOwer ort.regulating
•• • .
ile:a assize'. . • ;
At NiVrWich the avci•age.oric'e"ot stilie-iu has
. . „ -
-dined iibdut— threetenlee per coonib, tn naely,• to
375.- the price- of [loth fi-OrhVos: -20; to
sss: theVeight 'of the-shilling,loaf
has, ncirwithst-itia.ifig„ been redifceLl :from 41b, B'oz.
"i 2 to 4- 15;14 oz,
The last week's iMportation orange's amounted
to 2,264;096; And' the price of the Lest LisbOn
.repAcked; varied from three ipifoiq guineas fie, ches',„
On Sattiray last Joi-rN fqll.-..n,t, 'Assistant V, a.
ter-bailiff, brought before • the to Ail A y-o e, at
the Mansion-house, l'l/72re,' F: and cr.
Ci-a'.'..stv, fishermen; for .working. with unlawful
nets; and taking a.large quantity of smelt's, un:rer
_Size:, between 13Iackwall- and Porfleet. His' -Lord .
ship,. after ethmining the parties, ordered their nc :2
to be d6stroyeci, and fined each of them in thcPenalty
of sos. .•

BtrattOn Straiviess-Hall, in Norfolk, belonging to
IVIrMAR V; AM, *as burnt to ground bn
Tuesday night ; it is thought to be awing iti "th*
careleSsness of work men employed there.
A singular circumstance occurred On Saturday at
the ManSion-house A number of inforination3
were 'exhibited before the LoRO againso
different personS• in the city, for not sweeping the
footpath before their doots,• agreeable law ; anti
. •
'On entering into the etamination, the first charg:
;ippeared to be against his Lordship, presented by 3
Common councilman. His Lordship confessed the
.ortissioby:ind immediately pdid the penalty {five
shillings). The other persons Ni'Cle excused, Upon
their protrirsing improved attention in furuie,
One day last week a entleinan of Chancery.
lane received as a present from a friend near
Aylesbury; a brace of partridges, a couple of fowls,
a hare, and a quart bottle of wine; itrl Cif which
were completely shut up in la hollow turnip, which,
hefo're it was Made halloW, had weighed ;•81bs. and
when s'oSoped cntained to gtiaftS.
The_ following is said to be•an excellent retzzedy
asthma : " Gum Arrinioniac, Venice Soap,
Turkey Rhubarb, Russia Castor, fresh green
oreadi two scruples; teat all ia.a ;pass, and mike
them into Pills of a moderate Yiv'e taken at
night going to bed Will rinich relieve, the c-:omplaint.

Friday as two lads were going ;acng Union.
street, in the Borough,, havingg some words, one of
them put a quantity rif silk handkerchiefs into his
breeches, which being observed by a constable, he
seized them, both, and ,took eleven handkerchiefs
from them, bye which, it waS discovered they had
,robbed a shopkeeper in Grace;.church-s tree r, the same
morning.

Among the vouchers to the elicacy of the Metal..
. lit TraCtors Diseases of the Homan Body anti
Horfies, whose communications arc introduced in
MO last Publications alone, are
eight Professors in four different Universities, iu
the various branches as follow : four of Medicine,
three of .Natural Philosophy, and orie of Natural
History : also nineteen regular Phy§icians, seven-
teen. Surgeons,. twenty-six Clergymen, eleven of
whom. are. Do tors of Divinity, and many other
charaders of equal respectability. - The number.. of
Cures attested by thesepersonages amounts to._early
three thousand ! This: simple statement precludes
the necessity of any observations, to prove how lin-
portant. is. the discovery of Dr. PlRKitts ; and, at
the' same time, how vain are the exeFtions of into,
rested men to prevenCitsproglts.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Dtc. T 9.

SiTTINGs BEFOxx lORDIcYON AND A SZLCIAL JURY,

AT GUILDLIALL, LONDON.

HACKNESS V. MITCHELL.

- This was an Anion for Damages, for an injury
done to thz.! Plaintiff's vessel by running against it,
.Scc, ' The Defendant was Comniander of a vessel
belonging to His Isilajesty, employed on the .Expe-
dition to the Baltic. The Plaintiff by this Mtion
complained, that while his vessel, called the Diar
of Cumberland, was in the River, the King'S Ship;
called the iloxer, under the command of the De-
fendant,_ ran against her, "by which the rigging .Of
his vessel was cut, &-.% by order of the Defendant.
To this the Defendant pleaded, that the 'Plaintiff'is
,
ship ran against the Boxer, ancl-there.fore the fault
was in„the Plaintiff if he had sustained any damage.
Uperithis there Was a way Assignment, alledging
,that tliC Defendant, in extricating' the two vessels,
coiiiiiiittedan. excess, that is, cut the rigging of
tke Plaintiff's ship unnecessarily, wantonly, and
math more..than need be, to-extricate the two ships,
which the Defendant denied, Jupon whieh issue' Was

joined.
Mr. ERS4I NE conduaecl the case'of the Plaintiff,
and Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL that of the De.
fondant. ,

It appeared -from thee,ridence produced on behalf
• of the Plaintiff, thttt -the Flaintiff 's ve4el t-anagainsf
the Borer, and therefore thzre-was an end of the
first complaint in the Deelaratico. They then gave
an account that the Defendant, who-was•theCtirn-
, mander of the Boker, ordered his men, to cut away,
and.not to mind if they .sunk • the Plaintiff.and; his
vesSel; that 'he-,w-ould teach -them how- to. came,
anothertime, athwart a King's. Ship; arid that ,they
accordingly -cut the rigging of the Plaintiff's*Ship
with great excess,- whereas they Might have extri..
sated the two •ships. by Only -cutting- certain relies',
the expence- of- repairing whieN would have only
amounted to 3os. instead of which they destroyed
all. the rigging, See-7'" Here- followed a description
of the ropes; '&c. position-of the ships,"-Ikea froth
whence this conchistolt was drawn by the :Witnesses,
Several*Witnesses on the part of the. Defendant •
- swore, that by the fault of those. who had ihe.tcare.
of the Plaintiff's vessel, which .indeed was not.de:
tied on the other side, the two ships became'enf
tangled, and that they stood in great peril:;. that- iti
such a situation, no more was done than was. abso.:
lutely necessary to extricate the two vessels".
Captain Hoop, who had heard the. whole of the
evicleneeton both sides, gave it as-.:his most decided
opinion that, from the situation in which- the ships
were, they must have both been in imminent peril.
Not a moment was to be lost. -He was so far from
thinking that any excess was cotnmitted, that, had
he been in the same situation as the Witness de_
scribed this Defendant- to be, he should not only
have done as much, but a great deal more.
Lord KENYON ObSerliCtito Elle Jury, that as he
guesed, very early in the cause, :it turnedout ;
namely, that the whole ituestion between the parties
turned upen the new Assignliext. The question
upon Which was this, whettier, under the circum-
stances at the moment when this happened, the De-
fendant ordered' td'he done illatWhieli; to a man of
ordinary prudence, wOulilluilf.e 'appeared right at
the moment, or had wantonly- and unnecessarily
e4,dered the rigging, &c. of.the Plaintiff's ship to be
cut away, more than was requisite for the purpose
ofcxtricating the two vessels- if he did no more than
i7mitn of ordinary prudence would have thought ne-
cessafy at the moment, under all. the danger which
threatened all parties, he was not answerible, for it
was not what a man, upen::cool-, reftetlion might
think would have been todsr; -that was to be expect-
ed of the Defendant-in suds- t ease as, this,' the way
to judge of it was to t.hink-how a- man was likely to
ad in such a situation. If he was guilty of any
tiranten excess; -then, to be sure, •be 'was answer-
able: There Was no difference in this case between
a King's Shp and a Merchant Ship. God forbid
there law-was the same for both.—.lf
the tables were turned, and the -Kitts's Ship corn;
blained of a Meraant:Ship,.;apd.if au Aaio.n,Sitere
rought by the-Kin `(if King could „bring an
Adion in this Place, which his, Lordship said he
should not attempt to discuks at this Aloment),_ the
Jury would be geverned- by the/sarne rule as in this
case.: The single question, was thisovhether, the,
Defendant did more than. he ought -to do, on such
an occasion as this, in the_ moment of perplexity ?
The Witnesses for the Plaintiff said; that he did
,more

than was necessary to extricate the ship ; whereas
the evidence on the part of the pefendant said, that
'nothing was done but
,what was necessary. He
found the Court in posSession,of a 'Rule which he
should leave entire
.to his successor, That Rule
was, that when questions of this sort caine belbre
the Court, .the opinion of men 'of science and .skill
in the riatitical art, .was taken on the
.effetl. of. the
evidence, by way of 'assistance to the Judge who,
preSided at the trial. It was so 'dime in a well
known case by my Lord
.MANSFIELD when Admi-
ral CAMPBEL 'sat by his side. He had followed that
• course ill this trial—what Admiral CAMPBELL was,
Captain HOOD isf a gallant, able,meritorious Offi-
cer entitled to the gratitude of his countrymen
and therefore he bad received the evidence of that
gallant Office.r by way of opinion upon the elfeet of
the evidence which went before it ; in doing so, he
had little doubt he was right'; for he, very much,
wanted such assistance in such a cause.=—The learn-
ed Advocate for the Plaintiff seemed as 'if hr had.
wished'that evidence not much to be relied Ori, not
Lint of aisrespea to the gallant Ofiker who gave it,
but mere professional .zeal,' the eagerness of which
carried a COunSel -further than' other persons could"
• keep 'company with him, for oftentimes it happened
that -heat and passion resisted what coolness and re-
ilettion would adopt. Now, he confessed,. 'it - ap-
peared to him, that *tbeevidence of Captain Hoot)
was mainly importancin this cause : 'however,- the
jury understood these matters fifty times better than
he did, and,they would find that-veldid which the
justice of the case required.
Verdid for the Plaintiff.--Damages to he corn-

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PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW-STREET,
December 18, aot.
SIXTY POUNDS REWARD.

Esc APED' yesterday Afierdoon, about. Four
o'Clock, out of :Horsham Gaol, Sussex, WILLIAM
WHALLEY BE ATSON, who stands charged on oath *with
robbin,*',..the Lewes Mail, and WILLIAM COMBER, chars-
tit witli Horse-stealing. • '
• Wlibeier will .apprehend, or give such. nforination at •the
above 9,tflee, as may be the means Of 'apprehending- the said •
Beatson, shall, on his Commitmenfto any
anis Mcalesty's Gaols, receive a Reward of Fifty Pounds
froth Mt. S'aintiel Smart, Keeper of Horsham Gaol alcqesaid ; •
and a Rmard of Ten Pounds, on the apprehending and Com-
mitment of the said William Comber.

- ' The said William Whalley Beatson is about twenty:-siK
years.of4e, five feet eight or nine „inches high, dark coin-
pleiloq,' short brown hair, and grey eyes; was born at
Litchfield, in Stallbrclshire. •
The -said William. Comber is about nineteen years of age,
five feet seven or eight inches high, sallow coin pleicion, light
brown hail', and grey eyes; was born at Firlight, in SuSsex.
Both of them had on the Gaol Dressi consisting of a Coat,
Waistcoat, and Breeches, of green and yellow ,a•se'cldth.