The Sun.
London, England, 1802-11-22 00:00:00

FRANKFORT, Nov. 9.

WHEN the Deputation of the Empire has voted
the definitive Condiaum, relative to the general
plan of Indemnities, which is expected immediately
after the new Tuscan Indemnities are settled,
tention will be given, under the direCtion of the
Mediating Powers, to the new, establishment of the
Constitution of the. Empire and the Circles.
The Austrian Envoy to the Batavtin Republic,
Baron Fm I.Z, has arrived here from Fienr:a, on his
way to Holland.

OSNABRUCK, Nov. TZ.

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OUR. 10t is now. determined, and our wish, thank
God, fulfilled. •We are now subjeas of the hest
of Kings, and have GroaCE the THIRD for the
bather of our country. On the Bth inst. a battalion
of the sth Hanoverian regiment of infantry, under
the command of Colonel HAssEL, arrived here, with.
two pieces of cannon and lighted matches, and the
next day the Cabinet Minister, ARN.iSWALPT, as
Commissioner, to take possession. He was received
by the Burgo_Master, with the discharge of e;:nnon,
and met without the town the Council, and a De-
putation appointed for that purpose, who presented
to him, on a silver salver, the five silver keys of
the town, which he returned. The Hanoverian
Light Dragoons then surrounded his carriage, and
he entered the town amid the acclamations of thou-
sands, and to the.music of " God Save the King,"
and " Rule Britannia."

A Proclamation has been issued here, by the
authority of the DUKE of YORK, signifying that
the Bishoprick is now definitively united, as an
hereditary possession, to the Elthorate of Bruns-
wick Luneburg, that the DUKE has resigned its
government to the Ele6tor, and requiring that all
the Clergy, Citizens, Subjects, &c. shall transfer
their obedience and allegiance to the new Sovereign.

CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 22.

THE arrivals of Wheat to-day are nor consider:
able ; in the early part of the Market this article
kept its
,prices, but the dull sale caused a reduCtion of
2s. and 3s. per quarter ; Barley is more plenty, and
something lower ;' as is Malt ; Pease on the decline,
but those of first quality are high ; Beans sell at
little variation ; our supply of Oats is very short,
the demand for which caused ac advance of full zs.
quarter; Flour as befOre.
Wheat 4u a sos a 575 od Tick. Beans - 3cs a 335 6ci
Fide (flub - jss a Sy;; od Oats - iss a 185 a 24S oct
Barley -27 S a 3,5 od Tolaud ditto 2js a 2os 64
Malt - 415 a 46s od Rape Seed 321 a 35i per let
Rye - 335 a 385 od Floe Flour - 445 a 485 0,4
)VlAte Pease 44s a 40“ od Secunddo. - 4os a 445 0.1
beans - . 335 a 375 ocl

By accounts from India, of the 6th, of June, it
appears that hostilities had oEtually commenced be-
tween the. -Mahratta Chiefs ; a great part of HoL-
-I:AR'S Army having passed the Burinda, and its fo-
raging parties having laid waste 3 very ex!eusive
traii of Scindea's country. The Pindarins, a kind
of native Cavalry, who are mere maraudeis, serve
without pay,, and subsist by plunder, having, how-
ever, gained considerable treasure, and dreading
they—approach of SeINCEA'S forces, had deserted
1-101.kmes standard in great nembers, and their de-
fecction had excited much panic in his cirrip. ihe
Pindarins had demanded of him a stipulated pay.
and that the whole of the plunder should be allotted
to them, a fourth part being cl dined by the Sirear.
HOLKAR rejefted the demand, and iliereby accele-
rated their revolt. The operations of the campaign
are stated to•have been determined on, at the las:
festival of the Dussm, which took place on the
conclusion of the North-west Monsoon.
Several footpad robberies hove, wi!hin the lass
week, been committed in the neigh',)Jurhood of
Portsmouth, and the villains have hitherto eluded
nnrehenc.%n❑

It was now proposed to read the evidence 'given
by my Lord Keith, on the trial cif• that- issue, to
pr.ovt the_Plaintiffs' case in this, namely, that he
bad detained the ship longer than was justifiable,
whereby :stie was lost.
Mr. GAiutow, Mr. ADAn .and Mr. PARK,
contended, that: this was evidence not to be re_
hived, for that it ;vas improperly o&ained,
14,rdship being "mane a Witness.on the trial of. ,a
Cause between two pempuS .who were strangers to
and afterwards.: lie:testitnony he then gave,
was. to • be turnediragamst himself ick an AClion for
ti!e' loss of the:sap-by his means,• Whets) he only de-
her from a sense, he had of the interest of his
Catintry..----That evidence; thus obtained, ought not
to .be received ; his Lordship ought to Wave been
put on hik_guard before he,.gave his. evidence, and
told that he:was not bound to say any thing on that
occaSioii, that might subje4.,,ltim ,to an Adion,—
Thae.his • Lordship, if he had been so cautioned,
mghi have accompanied his evidence with such
xplanations as might change the cited of it entirely,

: Prlntrd

with 'regard to the reaspni he hatt for stispeeting
this vessel to hav4 been intended to convey infor-
illation 'to the Enemy at the cape; at the.eritioal

conjuncture when she entered that place; and when
he seized her. That his Lordship prefaced his
evidence, in that Case, with-asking permission to
explain the_ nature of his situation at the Cape at
'that time, and to justify his conduCt, when he was
told by the then Chief- justice of England, it was
' unnecessary to do so, for that all the World were
prepared to testify for his Lordship in that resped.
--Lord KEtzvo'N meant only to convey 'what he
felt in common with all His Majesty's SubjeAs,
the most unfeigned regard towards my Lord Keith
for his conduCt as a gallant Officer, and particularly
, at the Cape-,My Lord Ktrivort had no idea that
the evidence which my Lord Keith 'then was
about to give, was to be taken down, for the pin_
pose of being read in-evidence in an•ACtion against
himself; if he had) -that Noble and Learned Chief
Justice would never have suffered my Lord Keith
to open his lips, whim.= warning him of his danger;
but for want of that suspicion; Lord Keith was
not only not desired to explain every-thing) as
he gave his evidence, but was.hindered from doing so,
and that which was only intended as a compliment
to him "as a gallant Officer, had the dnct of sub-
jetting him to an aftion."..l.ll!der these circumstances
these Learned Gentlemen contended, that this was
1, not testimony either fairly obtained, or freely
riven. If niy Lord Keith had been told, " there
Is a Short-hand Writer at your Lordship's elbow,
taking down what you say, for the piirpose of prov-
ing. it in an 'aainu Which will be 'brought against
YOu, fOr detaining the Ship in iinestion," his
Lordship would 'then have taken care to explain'
every point as he went along; instead of which, by•
an intended compliment, most sinCerely paid by My,
Lord KENYON, my Lord Keith was really prevented
from giving any explanation of his, condua at the
Cape. For these reasons, the Learned. Gentlemen
Submitted) that this evidence, given by my Lord.
Keith in another cause,- should not be read in thk.
Mr. Justice LE 131, A"Se over-ruled this objection,
observing, .that it appliect only to, the degree of
weight to be giv_en to the evidence under such cir-
cumstances, and that was a point deserving of con-
sideration with the , jury ; but is was not any ob-
jeefion to the admissibility of the evidence—which
was therefore received, and read from the Notes:
taken by Mr.. Gurney, on the trial of Wilson .
against Maryat, in, 1796 ; by which it appeared
that my LOrd. Keith had done as was expressed in
the Pleadings on his behalf, but his Lordship's mo.=
tives for what he did, of, Course did not appear, for
the reasons assigned by his Counsel. It appeared
afterwards, that the Embargo. which was general,,,
upon the Ships at the Cape, was taken off, and other
Ships, bound as this was, to the East Indies, were
permitted to sail on the Bth of September, 'but the
Argonaut was detained. There. was no 'question
on 'the propriety of the first seizure 'of this ship by.
his Lorthhip in the first instance for Srate Necessity.
The only questions were, 'Whether his Lordship.
seized her a second time improperly, or continued
the first seizure after the cause of it was at an end ?

The trial lasted upwards of five hours ; the Jury
retired, and after a deliberation of about three
quarters of an hour, brought in a VerdiCt for the
Plaintiffs, saying, " We are agreed that, in the
first part, Lord Keith mas justified in what he did,
but not in the second."

Mr. Justice LE BLANC—" Then you are of opi-
nion that he stopt the ship at first on the ground of
State Policy, which was afterwards abandoned ?
That he took off the embargo, and then. detained
her as an illicit trader,' in which he was not justi-
fied ?"---" Yes."

That my Lord Keith at first seized and detained
the ship from an apprehension of danger to the
settlement by communication with the enemy, and
that after the embargo. was -taken off he NO de-
tained her as an illicit trader ?"

The Jury said they were satisfied on that point,
because it appeared that the 'embargo was taken
off and other ships were permitted to sail.—That
my Lord Keith never took off his restraint from
this ship.
A Verdict was then entered upon the generdl
issue and two last-issues, for the Plaintiff and all
the rest of the Record for the, Defendant.

Damages to be computed out of Couil, by an
Arbitrator to be chosen by the Parties.

THE KING (V. WINTER.

Sir N. GkosE thus pronounced the judimen t.of
the Court : . " Thomas :Winter, yoU have been
convicted of the offence of having in your posses-
sion a quantity of Naval Stores, which you must
have known could not have'been legally obti.ined
by those from whom you
_purchased. them.. That
bad men in -the employment of Ills Milje;ty in his
Dock-yards, make a constant Praftie of .erkbez-
iling such
,articles, and, thereby greatly': increase

sbut (Wets that 'you be imprisOneaS4 months in the
County Gaol at Maid&torte, and that you be placed
in and, upon 1114 Pillory for one hour, opposite the
DOcklaril, at Chatham." . -

THE PORTLAND PLACE BANKRUPTCY.

OLTILDH ALL, NOV. 20.

Tisrs day, being the first appointed for the Meet-
ing of the Creditors upon the.Baiikruptcy- of John
one of the Partner's in the late notorious
Bank; Poithind Placelianking-house, the Commis-
sioners sat at-Guildhall., about eleven o'clock •in the
forenoor.

The Petitioning Creditor, Mr. sirch,' who stated
himself to be a Merchant in the City; and who
made a considerable demand before upon the Bank
ruptcy of Sir Robert Clarke Lathrop Murray, &c..•
'generally known under the designation of the .Sham.
'Baronet, claithed for a debt of something more than.
zoool.

Mr. AGAR, Counsel for those Gentlemth who
are considered as the bona fide Creditors, objeaed to
some of the Items, which he represented as exorbit_.
ant.; in consequence of which the demand ‘va§ re-
.
du,:ed to 14.761.
Henry Redhead, and Messrs, Owen, liamilton,
Gerard, and Emmet, put in their several 'clait9s
some were objehed to and modified: he I,vhple:
of the debts proved, this day, did, not .atno'uot to
more than about joocl.

There were -no circumstances disclosed worthy of
any FartieOlar.- notice ; ,but, we understand,, that.
some curious demands will be brought forward
her after on the Nlceri:ig of the Creditors. •
-Mr. -Kink 'himself attended; ithder: the care of 'the.
Wardens of the I:leer, anti. wit's'.aTtive and' acute in,
paying attention .to the course of the. rrckeed'ings.' ,