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.„Otkacy..i.slapcis, Sr. 142rgatet's Efopr,
Ipnuiry 3, 18oi.
Liedtehzuf-„CbtOtta SIN LAitt; comihalitiiiig the 3ci Dam-
lit) orCtithness Volunteers; ;'to the Rixht Roil, rhs,. E
irt
or.c.t fru-74,45, &c. &c. iiii.l44jesty's Lord 'Lieutenant
of that County.
er Mr Lossi'sh.°' :•
IViajor floss would acquaint yotir Lordahipyestcr.:
.day th4t aquorum oryour Deputy-Lieutenants (who.
had their--t fret Thurso; iii consequence of a rt.,-,),.t.°;
of a French Privateer having been wrecked on the
Island of -Fldia; aria'That the'crew had thrown up a
work,-.and.-plantedsmall their guns Thereon 3- to t
they had like Wise 'seized on all the boats in tho
Island, 'with a view to make captures, anti to insnro
theft. escape; See,),;„ that they,ordered 'me to, proceed
° tor Orkney with as many-of the Volunteers as could
lie immediately
,collected, Which we did, -on board of
four Fishing-sinickS, "who -offered their services.
" The two ThurSo Companies were instantly em-
barked; -Outlawere joined, ,about one .o'clook: Lhi
tnorrirttga -by Capt. -Mxsott-,-; -two subalterns, and 3a-
iivates.:Of-tire\Straw Qleston COmp3try.-..
" .I,,prqpeeded with thec.° Volauteers--under my
commatritd. the PAD liepei,Niv-lutiv we Arrived -abot
fitre o'clock A. M. and were informed that the re.°.
pOrt was partly farkand 04e-try. true.: -A' Lugger of
16 guns, and yeek,-.-.-tisiiicions appearance, was ,-.seett
-to have anehOi-ed thaq-e7 a 'few clayS: tiefiire, whip,i)
created a great, deal of uneasiness and:Wet:lu to tbo
unarmed inhabitantS,- shipping; 704 trade.--
Eighteen Fishing-:smacks formed thernselves into a
crescent' for 'their own defence, and; at the 53111.1
time, dispatched-the E.rpedition, JACK Master (with
the intelligence that now appears to have been a very
inaccurate and exaggerated,:account of the danger),
for prompt assistance. The Clertrytnao of this Parish
was on the eve Of acquainting the Cammander of
the Forces in Scotland of the circumstanee, when tha
occasion of the alarth was discovered.
"It Will afford-your LOrdship satisfaaion to know,
that the Volunteers turned out with the utmost ala«
crity, vying with eaCh'other who should be foremost,,
and seemingly chiding their Commanding Officer for
delay, who, from his responsibility, 11°A it his duty to
make soiree 'necessary arrangetheots for the comfort
Of the men-, respelling provisions, &c. which your
Lordship knows to be indiSpensibly necessary,when
about to encounter sue!) a critical and dangerous sea,
as the Pentlund Frith is known to be at this season
of the year: We. were accompanied by•Liellterhillt
LURCHIN, of the Royal Navy, C.;;.-,pt. JAMES HENDEIt-
SON, of the ClythVoluntecrs, to ea as a Stirdeon.
and,Mr. SWANNY, who also volunteered his
services.

c.' We found, on our arrival at this Island, Captain
JOUN GR4NT, .of the sth British Militia, and J. DUN-
BAR, Esq.l.who had embarked on board the Fishing..
smack. which brought .the intelligence to. 54.1)%er
Roads), with a view ofa‘Eting as circumstances might
require in aid of our operations.
I .have the most confident belief, that bad the re-
port been real, the Enemy would have got an earnest
of what they may at all times expel from Britons in
the defence of their Country.
" When the wind favours, which now blows
hard, I prOpose immediately tit-raturu to the main
land With thoie under My 'command.
" I have the honour to be,
ft My Lord, your Lordship's very obedient,
" And faithful ht.tinble Servant,
• (Signed) " JAMES SINCLAIR.
Licut. Col. 3d Bat. Caithness Vvlunteers."
11 The Earl of Caithness, &c. &c. Edinburgh,"

TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE

MR. EDITOR,

•It was with great pieasdre 'that I saw, in your
Paper of Thursday-the, js.th of December, a coln-
plete, iiindication of Mr.. KEif.l3LB,. for prcn
in the Chariaer or,Prospero, the word " aches" as
a dissyllable :'.the learned Author of fiudibras is in-
contestible authority on that point : those who would
make ." aches" a moil syllable- betray their iglu).
-ranee of English- poetry in "this instance, and
prove themselves tO•he incapable of fairly. criticising
our admirable Bard. - -

now beg .leare"to clirea Mr. KEMBLE'S attention
to 'a posage'io. Macbeth, At 4, Scene, I, where, 12.
addressing the weird-sisters, he says—
" I conjure, you by that which you profess." - •
Si-LiKSPEAIIt, by making- the verb
." conjure"
.tho
principal 'word in-the Speech, and accenting thefirsc
syllable, dAtintaly chews us that it was pronounced.
thus in his days—r" conjure ;" but by pronouncing
it'" conjure,— the line lo_ ses all its force and energy,
and -sinks into prose. An acquaintance with tha
style of OIfAUCER, Srmsrcka, and other Poets of old,
will' confirm' this assertion: I therefore trust, with
many other. admirers of SHAKSPEA4E, that Mr.
KEMBLE will not be'deterred by vulgar:clamour fr 04,4
restoring .the 'original readings, and rescuing our
Bard from the destruftive fangs of modern grates.
• I am, Mr. EDlisOR,.
YoUr constant Reader,
JAQUES.
Mr. Karasta always 'pronounces the \void coja,:,-, in
the place alluded to, with the accent on the first syllable, as
the metre requires.—Eo. •

Yesterday afternoon as a boy, belonging to Mr.
Coleman, stationer, in 'Conduit-street, was. going
, across Oxford-road, with a parcel of books, of the
value.of • 121. he was accosted' by a 'genteel looking
mian, dressed in black, who told him he was coming
-after. him.for she.books .and wrote down on a piece
of paper-;,.. to-.fetch !a book intitled 'Sir Sidney Mea-
d°. ui".b7zirli,cf,ll.ldirtif.,, and. to return immediately
Gentleman' whom 'the books were
far •\was ig_ciifig out 'of-town. On the boy's return
With:thei-bnok, he found he had been robbed of his
pareel'. 7C3lllat -is very-singular, about three-weeks
agoiandthkelboy, belonging -to a respeEtable book-.
seller in-Bond-street, Was defrauded of a book, Sir
Sidney IlleactoWs 4/rt of Riding, value two guineas
and a half, in the-samenianner. •
The game in the manor of Boynton Carnaby, &c.
belonging to
~Sir .GEORGE STalcittisni'having of
late been_destroyed by, a set ofpoachers, iu order to
dete& them a :nightly watch has been -kept; and
'earli.on.`Priday,.morning.the_gamekeepery. in conau..
pany with, other „servants, walking in an aventle-
adjoining,its,a plantation, I)eard a person snoring: .
they itninecti.ately., proceeded. to • the place. fromwhence thelqund" came,. and _found two felows
ar4eep, beside them a
.bag contanirg tirte
hares, t1.v,0 rabbits, and two pheasants ; a1..0 a loaded
gun .the,,men were secured, and had before RALPR
EST committed. to prison.

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LAIJ' REPORT.

COURT OF KIN;;', BENCIT., 2S.

t.

CONSTABLES (.)F
EIiAL CLAVERING V. DEA:ti:

Mr. GA11:flow, opt; the part of` rife .D,,erenati.t,
moved to Set aside the In'cluisition in this ease.,.9pan
the groUnd ttrekcessiVe. damages. The fa'Cis b'ortly
*tined, were these.:---The thtopgh
the Hayinarket otie ci2ht, happened to see a coach-
mati,.of the name of Cullen, bealing'a woman,
afterWardis- turned out to be his wife, in an
eiful Manner ;' lie interfered, in 'order to preVent
mischief, when the assailants suspended hostilities
against each *other, and fed upon .the.:C,;eneral,.
Cho- called the watch assistance, and
AU the parties v:•ere'brought to the watch-hotise.--
The General gave. his charge .against the C?ach-
` Mari, and'the latter return/',`d the compliment,. by
charging thb •Generd. The Defendant 'was the
Constable OrtheNight, and, that .being only his
second-.liight of aeling in that capacity, lie was,al:
most tinaajuainted with the duties of his,
otfiee;- however, 11re charge being made on both
side, and the Constable having ITO authprity, either
to accept, bail or discharge .the Prisoneri,'..General -
Clavering had tin.alterittive,-.and therefore pre] aped.
to• content hitaelf With a scat at a t'ery good fire,.
provided Ely the parish ; but some persons.belong-
ing to the watch-house, (not the Defendant) in-
tristed he should not st.tv• there, telling him that there,
was a bed up stairs, if he chose to, pay for it ; if not,,
he must;go into the black hole.; the-forther the Ge-:
rieral declined, and was aEtually thrust' into a place
only intended as a receptacle" for riotous and ill-con-
dueied persons, where he remained the Whole of that
night: -The next morning the parties, 'Went before
the Sitting Magistrate, at the IVlarlborough-street.
Police Ofbco, and the,Coaehrnan having made p1:0-
per coneessSnns-to tlte General, so far the business
ended. But,, continued the Learned Counsel, the
rage of these parties was then turned against the
Defendant, as ConstaNe of the Nitht ; .an,a6tion
was brought by General Clavering, azamst: him, and
upon a:; Inquisitioataken befc;re the Sheriff, the Jury
gave a Verdi& of i 001. Damages. He admitted
that the litlintitf, had been treated in a Most out-
rageous and improper manner, but not-by the De-
fendant personally ; he pleaded ids ignorance ofhts
duty, and expressed a wish that the basiness4shOuld
be invesCgated, and some regUlatiOns adoptedwhich
would in fug ure prevent such condu& and such im-
positions lit watch-honses. 'He had no doubt the Ge-
noral very properly meant to make. an example• of
stick persons ; but the Defendant was ready and will-
ing to make every atonement in his power to the
General he trusted the Court ixould not see his
conduCt iii such a light as to justify these heavy.da—
magas, which must'be his ruin: •

Mr. Justice LAWRENCE obseived, this was.b?no
. .••
means a slight offence; turning a Gentleman into a
culprit, and cramming him into a black,hole for a
whole night, Was not to be passed over with a slight
punisiiment; '
Mr. GARAow replied, that be, felt the observation -
more s.-JcinglY, having been'once in a similar 'situa-
tign himself.

Loki ELLENBOROUGM—" It may be.avery large
sum for him to pay,, but a very trifling remuneration
for a person of General.Clavering's situation in, life
to receive, for'Such.an indignity, in being- thrust into
i place only intended for common felons... I don't
know any sum that.could soothe my feelings upon
such an-
cicen.Erence.-2-,' He should. have_ tried the
mercy of the
_PlaintitY before he came into this
Court." .7

Mr..S.CA R LETT, on the parrot-the Plaintiff,. said,
that his.client was ready. to abitle by an 'decision
their Lordshipg',sbould: make.- One ,faet, 'htiveer,
he begged leive to notice, which was, th-at atentle-
man was.,in.. the -watch-house at the titne-,-
trionih a -.stranger. to both pditie.s; knew. Gehera-1
Claw:ring's person; told. who he 't'as, and offifred-to

becotie his bail,•but this was reje&ed by the'Qtficer.
The Rule was accordingly reinscd. •
BORQUGH OF SALTASR-SELEtrTION._-,
Mr. PA.MPII3II' obtained a conditiynal 'Rule for a
fuo warranto against the Rey. John J. Howell, call-

ing.upon him to.shew cause why he exercised the
priyilegeS of a Free Burgess of the Borough of Salt-
ash. By the Chailer, it was necessary that a ma-.
jority of the Burgesses should determine upon the
admission and, swearing, of_ apv person dinning a
right of freedom in that Borough. In the present
case, there were the Mayor and five other Burgesses
present. 'Three of the Buirgesse were'agaipst his,
admission, and the Mayor 311c1 the other two were in

favour of it. The Learned Counsel hinted, that this
transaction took, place in contemplation of some elec-

tiolieering purposes.

FOREIGN COIN.

THE SING V. NrAT.'I'IIILLIS.

. .
The Defendant in this. case . was. 'brought-. up
from the Gaol-of-Warwick, in order to tender bail
for his enlargement, being charged with Making'
.counterfeit money, under -the following circum-
stances :

The Defendant.' was a biiitim-rmaker,, residing at
Birmingham, and upon the 14tli of December last,
in con-ietpence of information before Wilcocks.,
a llag;,strate Of that place, 'the Police OiEcers re-
p Aired to the premises of the I)c:tench:if,. where they
fliund'it. large bit, with a considerable quantity of
counterfeit coin of the King of Prussia, . called
rfoshe4s, some finished and some untiniVied, toge-
ther with, a quantity' of iMplementi,
.dies, stamps,.
&c. used in.co:nmg base money ; :some concealed,
some hall-finiF lied, and More in the ryugh. state-.
tnotititing to several hundred pieces._ lii come-
qtien'ei :of Which., the prisener was appreberided,
ind.tommitted to tat{e'ins trial:

Mr. GuEz:nr, for 'the Ikttndent, ohrrved, that
. •4l
this only ainottail t 6 a rnisthnneanour„ and was,
theref:lyr, a -bailable offence,' He. then. said, that.
hiS afiidav its gale a full •-feaEon' for the coin
being .found on the Pefendant'a prethises„; as: he
stated, that a person in the town o,.Ved him &-
grudge, and had 'sworn to bd revenged of him; one
41Ay,' whsle' he was fro home, the wife cf such
ptrsen (as 5%;.,01-11 by. his awn i,erviinl; came '.to his
wori:::-,bop, and lett the 'bag, with the coin and the
-impteinents iii question a 4; to that which'i.‘vas con-%
coaled, ile.,Wholly denied anysknowledge of it, and

coultiTs cru mat for to cr. ail emit-A n...tia at it. =RI
hare: been ,t itelie•itefore helonk ht:l3itni;ies.; ;...r
Mr.: Gzilitto'N4r;:fort,the Proit:cutityn;!-said, Abe• had
suflidiart-eatife,to warrant 'ale .Cothlt;hl not 4i,1-oit-
ing bail.; but, he should only-tirentrousble, their Lord:
shipsein.mler :to save tirne,, byl,statillg,that he had
arritile affidavits to s hew that the peersrinis now otfeyed
às bail wereinsuflicien..; , - ' 4

.The: Court considered it a caseiof .great ,suspicion,
and very fit- f'or theiinvestigation of (I
The Defendant was rt..!rnanded. .

t• At 'two tr'clook..tisd EL LI?, £OltOU-Gl.l . sat at Nisi
Prize's,- when ajeW no pubia; j teres.t. were
disposed •of.• • - • -.- 4 • •

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COURT O F CHANCERY, 28.

EX:-PWE SURREY "GicA!+ND m4N. corv.
•This -was'.an applicatibn 'made' by the Surrey
Canal Company for pernaission-to:::pay into Court
5601. the purchase-money adjthigtd by a Jury as
equivalent- to the interest which se' vial persons pos.;
sesscd in; in open Coarnon, through whiCh the
Company thought nece,sary to Carry, the canal.
This was resisted CoUnsel, on the part of the
Lord Archbishop ofeatuerbury, who is Lord of the
Matter, and also on the part of the persons' p6ssesS.-
ed of. the right pi common.age .oh these ditferent
grounds Ist, That' the ' expressed iit the'
A& of the 4 fst of the King, ...had treVer. been corn-..
plied with; stating; that each of the petsons seized
of any right, or interested in any ti6rtioa of groUnd;
found necessary to be broken 'up ter, suichriga-
tiony 'slibiddbeSeparatery diretßed to titen,l the .11--•
ting of Jriry on the valuation of'their iv,terest in
the said'portion of land. 2dly, That a special pro-.
vi-ion in that Act would be, by breaking up this
land, violated ; which ena,!.',-ted, that whertNer a road
or way 'crossed the intended cut of this
the "A&granfed no`permission to break this roadup.:
To-these arguments, dra:Vn iroin the roVisions of
the Ac inaf,"the Solicitor-General added another ;,
that Should- the SurreY. Grand Canal Comparly' be
permitted to pay into Court the, sum in question,
they would proceed of course to take possession,
and Convert the land to whatever purposes they
thougheft'i while the Archbishop and commoners
would never-be able to draw one penny of thiS no;..
der-rated 'purchase-money'from the. Accountant-Ge-
neral of Chancery ; becuuSe, from the sMaliness of
the sum, and the many Clainiants thereto, it would
be totally swallowed op by. the expences necessarily'
attendant on the.aseerfaitling their respee-tiVe claitus
before the Masters in thancery which claims, 'it*
althost inipbssible eVer could be ascertained, as
'the land had never yet been separated into lots, pro-
portioned to the Right of Commonage of each indi-
vidual; though an Aa
,had. some time ago passed
for such a proportionate division.
The LORD, Gil NN.PE LOR observed, with regret,
the frequency, of late ACts of Parliament relative
to public purposes
..of defence, canals, and even
estates, encroaching on The Consfieuti6nal right of
property in the King's -SUbjeds;, and thought that
all ACIs, in the least encroaching on this great prin-
ciple of right, should be construed as strictly as pos-
sible ; since-it was .the assurance that the sot:jet:ls
property would not be encroached on without the
most urgent necessity, that had hitherto made the
'people bear, :with Such patience and fooitUde, the
many grievous burthens frorp time to time neces-
sarily laid on.them. To prove that this 'had been in-
cautiously done, he would only remind'them of the
decision of the'King's Bench, on art aolion lately.
brought by a- person whose house, garden,- and:
every other convenience or .comfort to his deClining,
years, was levelled to 'the' ground,' for 'the ptirpose
of erecting a 'fortification. near Portimetath ; yet the
Court;in .pursuance of the A& made respeCting.the
Defence of the Coast,'.only adjudged him a trifling
annuity-Mt-the time' it remained ire the possession
of His Majesty's Forces,' • without granting' any-
.ennivalent: for tlidarrrsge, nay, Complete demo-
lition of his comfortable residence ; was a
growing and .cer.tainly should- be prevented in
tune. As for histpart fie: wonld'endeaVotir to com-
bat it, by cot/so-Mug such.At±i in the srriclest sense,
:whenever such cOnSttnaion worilkt- 4iTonr.the sub
lee.is• sacred, right' of'property. • .1
-16.-had- also -to
larnz:nt the mischievong a!id too prevalent custom ,
:of Lite Acts, Making the Chancery. Court not only.,
the Bank of.contested property, but also reqrtifitig.:
the Court to dispose of this property in stich*arpao7.
ner as may. be most produelive to.the real owner,
,when his Claim may be established. This prailice,
if persisted in, would iniavoidably throw so great 3,
weight of bnsiness on the COnrf, that it
,cOuld riot
possibly attend to-any other ObjeCt. "He tlien
served, that from the seemingly' doubtful nature. of
some Clanks in the AeIS made 'relative to this C 4.:
nal, it would be his duty to revise them with :men,:
tion.; till this could be effected, lie would reserve biis
opinion of the case in question. • '

On Wednesday se'nnight a Gentleman, belong-
.ince to Dunstan, near 'NeWeastle,' Was Surpris-
edbby an unbtsual 'appearance in- the river, which
be observed for thuie lime-oeCa-Sibnally sporting in
the wafer and on the King's Meadows'. Having
procured aloadectmusket, he shot it ; and,• on be-.
ing brought ashore, it was discovered to be a Seal.
It measured four feet in length, and weighed
'about fiVe'itone. Nearly seven quarts of oil were ex-
traCied from the blubber.
An accident of a serious, nature occurred at Head-
ing on Tuesday :—Two youths hadibeen for sortie
time playing together,. when the
.elder left bis corn-
pariion, loaded a gun which happened to be in his
master's house, rejoined his play-tellOw, and after a
Short conversation, discharged the piece at hoti (it'is
believed, however, without any maliciotis intention).
A great number of shots penetrated his hat, and 'se-
veral lodged in his skull ; but it is hoped the boy will
do well. The practice of leaving fire-rrms wherry
yo' tails have free access to the, cannot be too Cau-.
tiously guarded against.

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