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London, England, 1809-01-21 00:00:00

EX FRAO-RDI;NAkY GAZETTE.

cottetcri.s,..TAN. 6.—The Supreme Council of the
it~clotu,
although no 01664. reports have been re-
.
cflved from the army, is infotcnedi by private la-
tcrs-that it is falling back, and that the French have
crossed the Manzael, although they, were three
times repulsed near Villa Franca.
In concert wills the Dquties of the Central
31.1nra, and the Milifory Chiefs, the most vigorous
Theasurei of
,defence have been adopted,' which the
Council' trusts the noble inhabitants will support '7
With !hit valour arid: firmness which form pro-
eninent features of theeham6ter" of every good•Spa-
litard;aod correspond wbh the generous sentirtients
of -the inhabikents of this town.
ConermA, JAW. 40—On the 16th of last month,
Colonel JORGE died in Saragossa, CaPtain General-
of Arragon, in consequence of the uncommon .ewer=
*ions he, rntide during the late glorious. defence of
that town. Betere the French invasion Ile %was 3'
reputable Fainter in „Robert, and the. krat wllo4oUl+edl
*in his countrymen the noble enthusiasm Which SO
succetaully opposed the satellites of the atedetotis'
tyrant and oppressor of the human race.

„ FthmOUTIT, JAN. O.—Arrived the, Transport
EvEN, from Quiberen, Bay, to which
- , .•
gace she carried
.over about 50 wouDded French-
irom Lisbon, several of,- whom, died on their
She brings anacctitint Of the !On of several
• • •
ot'dffi'” tansports on Inc French coast, and that 'nine
Sail 'Which sailed from Lisbon with•the last division
of4hie ,frepch Troops were missing, 'She spoke
with One of the Transports off thiS_ Putt ies,terday,
in distress, having lOst all her abellars aid cables in
the same gitle on the French coast.
• Arrived the Portuguese Brigs St. Alina .10,Sfpk,
FRANCIS SOUZA Master, from London, laden with
sugar,. fish, and: oil, bound to kiadeira ; and the
Galliot •Dorothar,, BRYEit, from LiSbon bound to
London, laden with wine and fruit, put in here by
contrary wind.

A' Frigate arrived in Cawsand Bay this afternoon
'with 'the loss of her forcumst and bowsprit, but her

name: not learnt.

FA LSIOUTH,' JANr 8.--Arrive'cl hiS Majesty's Ship
Cadmus, witlfa Fleet of Vit',Wailers from Plymouth ;
and the lianthurgh Brig .NnviitiguO, .LOLLING,
fiom Tenerill'e, for LonClotr. She was taken on die
8111 inst. by a Frctich Brig Privateer, and retaken on
the i sth, by his Majesty's Brig Foxhound.

The Townshend Packet broke from her moorings
last night, and went on shore, but is expeded to be
got off with little damage.

DEAL, JAN. 20.—Sailed the 'make Man' of War,
to the westward.

SHkRIFF's CO JA N . 20.

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CRINI. CON.
BEST V. IiENEY.

Tlie Defendant hilhis chose having suffered judg-
ment Co go by default, there was of course.a verdict
for the Plaintiff; and yesterday the Sheras Assem-
bled a Jury to assess the damages, which were, laid
at 20;0001:

Mr. Serjeant Staaeucnita made 's very able appeal
-to the Jury upon the nature-of the irreparable in-
jury his client lrad sustained, in the seduction of his
wile; a lady of great beauty and accomplishaients,
and the daughter of an Irish Nobleman, the preSent
Earl of -Aldborough. Mr. Thomas Be.st was a gen-
tleman of honour and charaeter, the proprietor of a
very.consideratrld estate in the West Indies, and who
had, lived a considerable time in England, and moved
in a stile of fashionable intercourse; in the rounds
of which he had the honour of an introduction to the
family of Lord Aldborough,' itt Stratford-plaCe, Ox
ford-road, where, in the course of his visits, he
formed an honourable attachtuent,to a daughter of
that Nobleman, Lady Emily Stratford. The,Ladi
possessed high personal attractions and•eminent ac-.
complishments ; and in a little time honoured the
soh of Mr. Best with her 'approbation, seconded by ,
that of- her parents. By the 'marriage settlement,
Mr. Best had settledl upon his lady
..a jointure of'.
13001. per annum, 'secured upon his West India es
-
• tales, with a still further sum in case of issue, and,
lived with her Some for months in a stater of connubial
happiness rarely equalled, and. never excelled. In
consequence, however, of some embarraitithents. •
Mr. Best vas obliged to retire within the Rules of
the King's Bench Prison. This event materially in-
terrupted the stile of fashionable splendour and do-.•
mestte happiness he enjoyed With his Lady, at the
kunily, mansion of her. Noble Father, in Stratford- •
place. He Was, of coarse, obligedlo accommodate
his stile of living to the disadvantages of his situa-
tion, and was atconsiderable pains to procure a re-`
sidence, within the Rules. of the King's Bench, fit
for the reception of his Lady, but without success.—
Her Ladyship, however visited him daily, with the
most tender attention and solicitudevin such ludo;.,
ings as he 'Wbs able to obtain ; and, apparently, the
embarrassments of Mr. Best seemed but to enhance
his conjugal happiness, and to increase, thcfse mutual
endearments which , had already subsisted between
him and his Lady.

'Lilly Emily now was dome .time advanced in 'preg-
nancy of her first child, and it waS therefore deemed
expedient, for the 'sake of her health; to• remove
her from a Scene of such painful anxiety as her
husband's situation must conStantly present; and,
therefore, it was agreed that site should 'aceonapany
her Mother to Ireland, and spend some months at
the family seat, at &tan, in the county. of Wick-
lou'. 'Thither her Ladyship went under the care of
her mother, Land after an absence a nine months,
during winch time:her Ladyship was deliveted of a
child, she returned to London, and went, as became
tr tender and affelctionate wife, to .preseht her bus.:
band with the first pledge of their love, and to live
with. Inn at a hon'4e which he had prepared for her
reception, in"-Temple-place„
There, every vow of conje;al tendethejs and en
dearthent was renewed; for three Months they lived
together apparently. in the most consummate !lON
piness, when, moil unfortunately for the peaceand
happiness Of Client, the Lady suddenly, and
without the slightest symptoms of disaffection to, or
disagraeement • With her husband, .or leaving the least
ground of conjecture as to her previous intention, or
the object of her illicit attachment, eloped with the
Perendanti with whom she had become acquainted
atite,r father's, in whose family he. was received no
An intimate friend : and Ono not only, entailed inde-
lible disgrace upon her own character,. but inflicted
amincprabfe wound upon the happiness of an ho.:
pourable. and affect:innate husband. The Defendant
having admitted his crhfre, by suffering judgment to
go. again 4t him by detanit, his.clicnt came this day
to clatmoome repatatiod, at the hands of an tin-
partial Jun; for the. great injurrhe had sustained.:
Mr. Serwant 13ES then proceeded' to examine se-'
venal Atnesses, namely, the Solicitor who: had
di awn the marriage settlements of the'particl ; Mr.-
.4lark, a' medical' Gentleman,. whoa had attended
Lady Emily Best its a temporary illness; Colonel
J'aIIRIT CCP %lily' Air ihiat<r otid. fovea. 'Alit tat of

the 1410ily ,anrl the whole of their testimony went
to.; chew thilt the:pu;st patitt. mutual at-
iadhment, and tertdO'r affectitOn, had altviry ApPA7.,
reptly sutxsisied bet.weeti;Mr. Best and his L'ady, and
ri
hilt they trad netierlzOwn or heard of anydiSagree-:
thent botween them,nreviptedy.to c:•lepetpent.
The bratiler of the Plaiwitf proved thzit the rilin
tiff inheritei an estate the West Illthes,, in eon-
itjuence hii; father) death, and etree:s, estimated
then at 8'0,0.001.; th4t hi, the first real' Ater A. ar:!s
the profits of his,,a4Nation pry;leee(l In u 90°01.
'but that was owing,ttilgoo; poduce and high prwes,
arid could not. be considered as.i he -annual av rage,
which was uncertain, but he thought might be tair7
ly estimated at 20001. He had lived in habits of
intimacy with his'brimber and 11is lady, both at Strat-
ford House andinthe Rules of the Bench, where he
visited him eVerjr day.,, that he was a most alfectton-
ate brother and tender husband. He never kneW of
any disagreement bet Ween him and his Lady, nor
ever heard her cdmplainof ill treatment or in:men-
tidn. 'lmmediately previous to hey elopement, :she'
told him that the embarrassments of his brother's
atfaits, .and the situation in which he was, had
,ren.
dered his temper a little irritable, and that she ,wish-
ed to God something could be done to take him out
of that situation.

Here the evidence closed, for the Plaintiff..
Nu Witnesses Were eiatnioed fur the:Defendant ;
but

'Mr. Serjeant Cockt.iti addressed the Jury in his
behalf. He urged, that, notwithstanding the very
pathetic appeal that had been made to their feelings
by his Learned brother, on behalf of Piaintiff; no
one tittle-of evidence bad been a.±duc'ed to sh ew any
• seduction sedtietiVe arts :no one-ol the WitnesSes
who had appeared could hear testimony to anything
more in proof of . the conjugal felicity that ,was al-
leged to have subsisted between the PlaintifFend his
Lady, than what they had seen epenly passing at
table or'in company, at the home of the Lady's fa-
ther, orihe residence of the Plaintiff:. the physician,
the guest, the buffer, or the foottuan, were not the
persons likely to know much of the private affiirs of
the Latlyr.aosi her husband. One' female witness
would haVe • beiti- worth twenty others in such a
case;' and why, therefore, was not the Lady's eno.-
(tier, Who must be supposed the Vigilant guardian of
her daughter's honour, and constant witness of her
conduct, especially in Irelande the supposed scene
in which thisseduaion originated ? Why was not
her waiting-maid, the piobable confidant of her se,'
crets, adduced? Those persons who judged of cop-
jugalhappieess in fashionable life from what passed
(retire their faces and in Company, between modern
couples of rai;k, -must, indeed; draw very erroneous
conclusions; for it was well 'knoevn nothiug'Wo
mote common between lashionanle couples, who
for a series of years 'kept separate- beds, find inost
cordially hated each other, than topanifest tnutuel--
ly, before company the Most elegant and tenderat-
tentiohs, and to impress gall' who observed them'
.wirh .the conviction that they were the most happy
and affer3tionate pitir existine. Sneh might he the
casein this instance. - r-emerebereda 'story in the
Work called "'The DeVil upon Two' Stick," ex-
-tremely appositd, where the, Sendeut, in contemplat
:ing the manners, of a fashionable cetiple in a croWd-
edcemPany, is struck with their extreme politeness
and tender,attentions to each, other, 'and their ele-
gant and fascinating hospitalitieS to their guests. But
no sooner are all the company gone, than the De-
mon sliewl, the Student ;his tender couple in the filo-.
mentSof their domestic retirement,. the; most forious'
pair itnaginable. was', in proof that Mr. Best's
temper was rendered extreMelyirritable by InS
etn-
barrassed circumstances,, and that the Lady had cOir.
plained of it to her brother. Embarrassments would,
indeed, sour the Most calm, philosophic-, ani bene-,
volent minds. In this case, it appeared, t len all the
parties were Juffletunate. The Lady, in marry-I
in; Mr. Best, considered herself as uniting with a'
man of ample:fortune:able to Maintain her in 'ail the
expensive enjoyments 'of fashion, hut foetid' soon,
that she was united-tO"r1 mini involved by emleirrass-.-
inents,-4ind obliged to sojourn in the Rules' of a'.
Ps ison.:, Mr, Best was unfortuonte in mayrying
woman. of yeuth, beauty,' end ceti,ld'
not reconcile to herself the relinquislunent of fashion-'
able life and all its pleasores, and embrace With !din'
the contrast, adversity : of fashien bad whims
of their CiiNfl ,find this Lady might be atrxiotia
seek with another those pleasures and enjoyments
which. Mr. Besf could nut give her. :There was,
howevei, no proof offered' in this case to sliew that
any,
,artifices had been Pr'a,Clised by his clietit tO see
duce the Lady, or that he had committed any breach
of hospitality in using; the opeoretenties of an ititi4
Mate family intercom se, to Sedtice the 'wife of a
frieml, for:he had no intimacy with Mr. 'Best,—
The When,, or' the how, or the where, for the
commencement of this intrigue, did not, app"ear. Hig
client. wits repreienta as *a man of ample iortune,
but the only proof of this was, that he had liVed
like a qetulemarscaud kept a peir of !lases, but no
carriage. There was, iu feet, no one of those i,roars
usually adduced in similar claims' ter large damages'; if his client did find a beautiful young Lady disk
gusted wit!) the ill temper of her husband, to hfief iq• ,
stranger, ready from her home, and to throw
heti& for protection into his arms, he believed it wes;
unfortunately. a
_temptation too strong for human_ na7
titre, and which few men ,of hie reek and age could
resist,;- though would WA pretend altogether
-to e)tculp.it bis Client, some allowance will, due to
the fraihies of human nature, Under circumstances
whiith most go a great way to palliate the offence.
Mr. BIRCH/U.l, the Under Sheriff, with ftp:mh
perspicuity and impartiality; shortly recaPitulated the
principal points of the evidence' for the Jury, ob-
serving, that as the Defendant . had admitted' the
charge, it was not incumbent upon the Plaintiff to
adduce any evidence beyond hits,owe discretion. If
any thing was to' be offered in palliation of the cri-
minal, act, it was incumbent on the Defendant to
produce Witnesses that purpose:. he had pro-
duced none; and the eloquent speech of'the'Leartt-
ed Conned for the Defence was no answer to the
, 'alledgedito -induce the Jury to cut down the.
•damages.

Tit; Jury, after n deliberation' of ten minutes,
fogad damages tor the Plnitittiti, ROOOl.

' Lord•COLLINGWooh /ately made Captaih PETHit.
PA-it It BR, at the
..illelpoinette, Post, with this obser-
itation--" Your father •inacie me Post marly.)riiare
and now I've done tho same by you-I'm
pits wick Ail the" world f."

LAID 13P.PORE rAtzLiAlkin NT YEBTEIIDA'T.

THE LATE-,OVEKTURES F I';USSIA ANT)
. •. ,
• No. .etter from Cou t !,4icoi,> onitz,U t,, 'r,
S CCM y (Jartnitt, dated Sept..(itttt )
1808'; ReCetVed .

send to spur E \ettllency a Letter which
the Emperors 4 Atissiti Fri,ince write.' to his
Majesty the '"King; of England. • The err of
Russia flatters himself that Englatiewill feel the
grandeur anit the sincerity cit. this 3frp.- She wi
there find the most
,natural and the most .ssirtiplet
answer
_to the. ov,ertnre .which has been Tale by
4.dmiral Saumarez. The union of the two. Emptrcs
is beyontj the reach of all change, and the tV:r.) Ent.*
litirOrS.haVti formed it for peate.as ;well
His, Majesty has comtnandtd me to make keown 4
to your 'Excellency; that he has nominated Pleni-
poientiaries,..-.who.wiJl repair to Paris, where they
will await: the answer' which your Excellent 's,' ntaYue • • •
please&to,make to Ine. request )00 to addr,ssi
it to thelitssiati Ambassador Pari,., Tht• Pit.ni-
poleutiaries:- =bed 'by the EMperor of Russia will
repair to that city on the Continent, to which th 4
Plenipotentiaries of his Britannic Majesty and his
Allies 'shall have been sent. In respect to the basis-
of the Negotiation, their Imperial Majestieg. see no.'.
difficulty in adopting all those formerly proposed
.Engliind., namely, the all pessidttis, and every.et
ba,li founded upon the reciprocity and eqt,teloy
which 'ought 'to prevail between all great natiooN.
I have the honour to be, with s-entlinclits of tie
highest consideration', &c::
Coetv NICOI.As nomm.zzoFF.
To His ExCeilency'Mr..Csithnig,&e. • •

~--~_•

Nu. ll.—Letter from his Al4jesty. the Ecriperor of thc.
Russiast ;and Bunaaparte, to in: Nlaii.ty, dated Laurin,
zth Oztober, 18A.- Received 00: at.yitt, •
2—The presenrcirotimstunces r,f Eorope h re
brought us together at Erturtft, Our .ti;st thought
to yield to the wish apd the wsntS of • evtly
and to seek, in a speedy pacification with your Ma,
jesty, the most efficacious remedy,for an.l miseries
which oppress all nations..,,We make kno.A.n to
your Majesty our sincere desire in this re-pect by the
present letter.

. .
• The long and bloody war which has torn the Con -
fluent is at an end, without of tN"o"tA
renewed. Many changes have taken pi ice in .Vti-
rope ; 11134. *States have been overthrow 9, `the
cause is to be found ill the state or agitation and 111 i.;
fiery in' which the stathrtion rmtrititut Commerce
has placed the greatest nations. Stilt greater changes
may yet take plaCe; 'and all of them contrary' to the
poliey of the English nation. Peace, then, is at
Once the interest of the Continent, as it is the itf-,
tere'st of the people of (.3tO'at Britain.
We unite in t:ntreating your 'Alaj.esty to,listen tt
the voTe-Oh humanity, silencing that Of the z,ssious
to seelt, wit the intention of arriving at that object,'..
kiconciliate interesti; and. by that in.aus to p;e7
serve all the: Powers which
..exist, and 'insure the
happiness of Europe and of this genet...felon, at thei ,
head of which Providence has placed us.
(Signed) ALEXANDE4.I,-INAPOLEOII'.

No. lll.—Letter from M. do Champagny to Mr. sccretary
Calming. dated Ertath, thltober tz,
tuber 21.

SIR—I have the honour.to transmit to your Excel,
lency a letter which the Emperor of the french rand
the EMperor of all the RusAlas write,. to'his
Ddajesty. The grandeur.. and the sincerity of tt►is
step will, without doubt, be felt. That cannot be
attributed to i'eaktlegS, which is the test-tit of -the
intimate connedion between the two greatest So-
vereigns of the Continent, 'united tor. peace:as well
as,for war.

His Majesty the.Eniperor has commanded me to
make known to your. Excelleney;-that he kis tinnii=
trued •Plenipotentiaries, Who will repair to that city
on the:Continent to which his Majesty the King. of
Great natal() and l ie Allies shall sand their Pletnpo'-'
tentiarieL With respea to the basis of the N,T,oei-
rition, !their Majesties 'are disposed to 'adopt tnoso
tOrmerly ptop6sed by, England ti:;;
titi possidetis, anq any ethefiLisis loutitled spun
tire, and the reciprocity and equality which otl;'1.1 to
ptevail between all great nations.
I have the honour to be, with the highest eonsi-
deratiun, &c.

(Sipiod) eiIAMPAGSY.
His Excellency Mr. C-anniii,,„ .sc.

NU;4I.:V:--Letter frimißuonapaite. and his lG?ajeslty the
Inveror of all the Itussias, to ttis-Majesty,
.dated Erturth;
Odubtlt 410,' tgoB.L, kaceived Oaober .2t. .(The same as
No. 2, with,"this difference, that the Sigr+aturepf N4pottolt
stands

5.--letter'frortt Mr. Secretary Cirmitig to the Russi.46
Ambassador, at Paris, dated Foteigtx Unice, October 2;',i

Sta—At the desire of Count Nicolas de Roriiiiii-
zott, 1 have the honour to acknowledge to •your
Excellency the receipt 'ot the letter Which Count I
fßomanzoir .L:l3 been pleased, to write to roe from
Erfurth, dated the 3t.tth SGptettlber (lath o.lobert
'as well asof the letter annexed to it, addressed to th::
*King usr Master.

I shall lose no time in Vying these two letters be.
fore his Majesty, and in, transmitting the an iwets
your Excellency by,un Englibh Courier. . .
I have the honour to be, fee.
(Signud) Gio!wr, CANNINC,,
To his Excellency the Russian AintiassaAior
iice. Paris. ,

No. V1,.--Letter (mm Nlt. Socrwry Canning to M. ae Citam-
pagny, dattd 'tit Oat.

. s_ ....,.,.
Stit—Ll hilve the honour to ac4nowit.4,l4e Ow :.--'
~
ectipt <4 out Exeo4ellef 5' 1e r ter of the' 1", 11 it.itiii,.., ,
trotli ILtjuth, inclosing a letter addressed to 111'...;
Kirig,nly ;.\,1,1,,ie1'.

_ .
(, shall lo4e no time in laying' these lette:-s 1,-,' t.2'
his Majesty., 21-1 b: teansutifting: the answer, -,s,
. .
them b an Eii4;iiiit ,Nleici.v,i--01 at Patt.. ...
I have the honour to be, &c,
~
(Signi-d) GEO.RGE CANtf/NO.
His ExcellchLy NI. ChainNigny, At, ,

No. VlT.—Letter from Sqci-,...ta1y c:!mriog to the ti!".3l
shfn rnbasuidoi ?arts, tizt!;:.(t r;
igo;B.'
leetore tho Ii ll're my NT...pityr
tyko Jetfets Which his Excellency the Count Nicola:l
(le ittiniarry,olt has trlty4rnii;ed to mt... t
yktivca: his majcvp'hectrioltth k to rv.sidy
ihat which loadtites:lca to Lim, hy the etligial

hick i have the honour,to enclose to you Excel-

however deArtans his' Majesty might be to reply
&wetly. to his Mltjesty.,the emperor of Russia, ,you
marmot ',tut feel, Sit', that, ft, tri the unusual manner
in • hich the letters signed b, hiSlmperial Majesty
w lt.i,mtt up, and winch has, entirely., deprived
them of the character of a private and personal cont-
i„un t,a; inn, his Majesty has found, it 4ppossible to
adopt i) it nuttic at respell towards the,-.44eror of
Puss , without at the same tune, acknowledging
t les wltich his Majesty never has acknOwledged.
I am commanded to aid 'to the contents of the
official 'lute, that his Majesty will hasten to eotn-
ninnicate to his Nhjesty the King of Sweden, and
to the ..xistit,g Government of Spain, the
Which have Deo) made toltim. .
Your Excellency will perceive that it is,absolutely
necessary that his Majesty should reeeive an irnine-
di ;it, assurance, that. FiancQ acknowle4kilhic Go-
ye:lone:a ot Spain as party to any Lit
-That:such is the intention, of the lifhlperor of
his 'Majesty cannot th•ubt.
FlisMajeaty recoileas with stitista6lion the lively
' interest Which his Ithperiat Majesty has alWays mani-
fested for' the welfare
.anddignity,or the Spanish
Monarehrt and he cants no other assurance that
his Imperial Majesty cannot have been 111(1116.A to
sanaiow by his concurrence, -or bp, hiS approbation,
usorpations, the principle c,f hick is not less un-
just. titan their example is dan:;etuus to all legitimate,
Sovereigns. .
soon- :et the answers on this point shall have
ri:coivcd,:and-aS soon as his Majesty shall have
le ant the sentiments' of the King ot Sweden, and,
tho44e ofs :he Government of Spain, I shall not fait to
hie COWnlalidtti 0:: his Majesty for such-corn-
tuunicatiuns as it may be beccary•to make upon
the ulterior objeas of tile letter of, Count Ro-
nianzoti. .

I have the lidnour to be, &c;
(Signed) Ggoade CANNING.
To his Encetancy the Russian Ambassador at. Paris.

No. Vii.l.-4Letter from Mr. Sweaty Canning in Dc
tor4;io ottii.ie, 04. ,sa; •
S•tit—Having laid Mote theNing rity Master the
two letters winch your Excellency transmitted to
me, from ,Erlurth, one of which was addressed to
his Majesty, I have received his Majesty's commands
to return, in answtx to that letter, the official note
%itchi have the hononr herewith to inclose,
I am commanded to add, that his Majesty will
lose no time in communicating to the King of Swe-
'lien and to the GoVernment of paiti the proposals
which have been mackilo his Majesty.
Your Excellency will see the necessity of an 25-
being immediately afforded to his, Majesty,
that the allinission of the Government of Spain as in
party to the Negotiation :Is Utidermood and a,gteed
to by France. ; '
Atter thee' answer of your,' Excellency upon this
iiciiut Oita have ' been received, end so soon as his
• Majesty 9411,be p, possession of the sentiments of
the K'ie .ntAwedet
.and the' c;oterinnent of
Spain, 1 sn.4.receite. his Majesty's commands to
communierltO with your Excellency on the
dint (if ymir letter. > .
havOitbe. hor;)ar' to be, '
(Sign.(!) Gtoti.oz CANNING.