The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-03 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OE PRIZL.MONEY.

The Ship Isis, and Fox (3), hired cutter, for the re-cap.
tune of the ships Union and Maria, will be paid on board the
Isis, at Spithead, To-morrow, the 4th of February.
A distribution for the capture of the French private Ships
of War Courier de Terre Neuve, and L'Atalante, by the
Plantagenet, will be made on board the said Ship at Ply.
mouth before she proceeds to sea.

It appears by Letters from Brixham Quay, re-
ceived yesterday, that Admiral CORNWAL,LIS, in
the Ville de Paris, was in Torbay on Tuesday, in
company with the Dreadnought and Prince, of 98
guns, the Foudroyant and Impetueux, of 84, and the
Colossus and Conqueror, of 74 guns ; the four; Liat
saiicd from Plymouth on Friday last, to join: he
Channel Fleet,:having been forced to put into Tqr.
bay.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, FEB. 2.

MABEL POTTER. V.' THOMAS BARNETT.

The Plaintiff in this Cause is a dashing Belle, in
the suite of the Paphian-Goddess. - She had fitted
up a house in all the parade of mOdern extravagance,.
in the .vicinity of Fitzroy.square, and debts and
bailiffs, the natural consequences. of such profosion,
occasioned tome inconvenience. In these circum.
stances, she applied to Thimnas Barnett, an audioneer,
for the loan of 2501. which he advanced to supply
her necessities; but as he was too much a man of hosi-
nes"s-, and too little a man of pleasure, to confide in
the honour•and punduality of our British Aspasia ;.1
'he had a bond of. the Lady, with a warrant of
_attorney, to confess judgment, and also a •bill
of sale of the sofas, pier glasses, girandoles, ttrc.l
with which her splendid mansion was deCorated4
The Auctioneer, it seems, had an eye to the profits I
of his trade, -and had
.lent this, money in the -hope -1
that all ahese effects would pass under his, own ham-
mer. The Lady, however, had no such design';'
she had 'answered 'her immediate purposes, and
:for her: less pressing exigencies, she trusted .to
the politeness.and liberality.of Col. Antrobus, who
was at'NeWmarkei. To this Gentleman she im-
parted her 'painful situation, which the confidence of
.friendship could alone permit her to disclose. :The
Colonel flew , to her relief on the wings of love,
he:‘rd the painful story, wiped away the tear of af-
fl;dion, and sent f6r the Defendant, Thomas Bar-
nett, to'ilischarge the debt.
Mr. Festus Philips was called, whO proved the
,negotiation, and That he was present when Mr..
Barnett, an attorney, on agent for Mr. Barnett •
the auctioneer, paid to Mrs. Potter the sum 'of
`2s'ols He- stated also, that the same goods were af-
terwards sold, under an execution, for 6001. 'This
,Witness, in cross-examination, said be was a She-
' riff's OffiCer, and' sometimes lent his credit to-his
friends, to recover them the ready in time of need ;
_and in order to_ oblige his friend 'Mrs. Potter, he en..
deavoured to negociate the business with Barnett.
Colonel Antrobus was next called, who said,
that being at Newmarket, he received a letter from
.Mrs. Totter, in which she stated, 'that -Barnett
had threatened to seize her goods, under
,the bill of
sale. He immediately came to Town, and 'sent for
-Barnett, to whom he tendered the" 201. 'with
-interest, and 71. los., for his commission upon va-
.luing the goods, as a fiouctur ; but Mr. Barlett
refused to take it, and insisted upon having 3o0!.
saying that lie had absolutely ptirehased the goods,
and that he had left Mrs. Potter in possession,
merely to give, her an opportunity of
,re-purchasing
purchasing
'them, if she could; .and that he would resell them
-f0i,',3001. -and not. loss. • The Colonel told him
he was a d-d scoundrel, and that he was, minded
to kick him cut of the house ; but, upOn better
thoughts, he paid him the 3001. to save the goods,
being determined to bring an anion for the surplus
.above what he was entitled to. On cross-examina-
tion, he said he kept Mrs. Potter, by.living with
her in her house, but that the goods were her's.
He was now a Prisoner in the Fleet, and she volim.
tarily shared his confinement, to solaCe his heaity
hours ; bur he denied that he was interested in the
event of the cause. ,
The-bill of sale was put in, which on the face of
it appeared an absolute transfer of.the gccds.
Lord •ELLENBOROVGII told the Jury, that many
legal instruments which-ippearedto be absolute upon
the face of them, were only meant' to give secu-
rity for contingent events. He left it for them
to say whether, from the circumstance of Only half
the value being.paid for these goods, and the Plain.,
tiff was in possession a month after the bill of sale,
it was any thing more than a loan.
The Jury found for the Plaintiff for 321. 63. all
above the zsol. lent, interest and commission. •
The verdtd being given, Lord FALENE °ROUGH
said, lie hoped Mr. Barnett would not thew him.
` self again in Court in a like charade,.

COURT OF CONiMON PLEAS, JAN. 3r.

?ENLEY V. ROBARTS.

- This was an-Anion for Money had and received.:
The Piaintiff, who is a gardener at East-Sheen, pur-
chased of the Defendant, in Smithfield, a horse, for
"f h' - lie gave twenty.two guineas, and'which"was'
~.warranted sound. This was on the zth of Au.
gust. On the following-. Monday he found that the
horse was not agreeabie, to his warrants ; for on
putting him in his cart, to draw a load of about
foair.hunared weight, he began, when he had gone
• the distance of not more than twenty yards, to roar
most dreadfully ; and it turned out. that he was what
is. ca11:74 in the jockey phrase, -a roarer. He ac-
cordingly returned him by his servant, on the Fri-
(l3y, when the Defendant promised to calrand settle
it. The horse in the mean time was left. with a
Mr.. Rowley,
,a friend of the Plaintiff's: The De-
fendant came severei times, 'and offered to-take the
horse back, irh, could raise the money by a cer-
tain aay. On that day be called; and told Mr.
Rowley be could not raise the money, but
,would
give him a note. Mr. Rowley said he could not
take a note ; but that be should have the horse back
for t Sl. sooner than have any inure trouble
_about
It was on this conversation the anion was brought,
for money had anri. received, the'Plaintiff chusing
to abandon the warranty.
• After- some arguments on bath sides, the Defend. ,
ant's Coun-sel contending them was no evidence of
the agreeinent, and that the. Action ought to have
, been Wrotight. on the warranty, Lord
,ALVANLEY
-seemed to, be of the sarmr.opi-nion, but agreed to re.
Serve the point. A Verditt V:as -accordingly taken
, for 'the PlAintiff for. .J SI. subject 'to the opinion- of
the Court.

SOZLAND.

EDINBURGH, JAN• 30•

THE Lirss and Row Volunteers, under the corn.
mand of Major COLQUHOUN, were inspefted upon.
Tuesday last by Colonel MURRAY, who expressed.
himself highly pleased with their performance.
It is a circumstance redounding highly to the ho-
nour of the 4th battalion Ist brigade of Perthshire,
Volunteers, that they marched in" there with a defi-
ciency of only seven men. •
On Friday morning last, ;his Grace the Duke of
ATHOL, accompanied -by the DUtchess; left this.
place for London. During his stay in this county,
he has been occupied in carrying into effed the vi-
gorous measures of. defence which Government or- .
dered, or recommended;- ancFhe had the satisfaftion,
previous to his departure, of seeing the military ar-
rangements so mature and well ordered, that he has
left the North in the well grounded confidence of the
large craft of country under his charge being im-
pregnable. and secure. He told the Volunteer, Of-
ficers, whom he honoured with' his company at din_.
ner: on the i Bth, • that he was going to leave them
for a_ little time; " but (added his Grace) I shall
soon place myself at your head again ; for I am de.
tertnined to share the dangers of the Perthshire Vo-
lunteers, and to partake of the laurels with which
they will.inevitably be crowned."
On -Monday last, the .stlrßegiment of Forfar.
shire Volunteers, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel'
MYLNE, were reviewed by- Majur-Gencral MAC -
DONALD, on Dudhope Castle barrack ground.
The Corps appeared in marching order, with great
coats, knapsacks, &c. and went through theif ex-
ercise and evolutions much to the satisfaction of the
General, who was pleased to say, he would report
to Earl MO /RA the state of forwardness in which he
found chat Regiment.
The third company of Arbroath Volimteets are
`now doing permanent duty , under the comm)nd of
Capt. JAMES BELL. Two detachments of thirty
privates each, commanded by a Lieutenant, have:
done 'duty for a week, interchangeably with the'
Montrose VOlunteers; at Lunan Bay.

'On' the gth instant, Major MILEAY, command-
ing the two C.:mpanies raised in Wick, received the
Commander in Chief, the Earl of Mot RA's circular
letter, ordering the Corps to hold themselves in
readiness to march at the shortest notice : it was
'no sooner made known to, the Corps than they all
'gave three cheers, and, only seemed anxious to re-
ceive orders to march. The Commanding Officer
iminediately after procured 'for the Corps foiarteen
days provisions, and canvass for haversacks.
Early on the morning of 'Monday last, being the
stli inst. a boat belonging to' West Haven, near
'Dundee, with eight men, was lost at sea, when,
Melancholy to relate,,all on board perished. One wo.
'man has lost her husband and two sons, and, to add
to the calamity, they buried a daughter the day be-
fore.- The oldest of the two sons was married
about twelve days before ; this' dreadful accident
has made four widows in West HaVen. 'The morn_
ing of this dismal catastrophe was fine,'and as there
is no'survivor to tel the mournful tale, conjeCture
is lost in searching for the causc. *

FOCHABERS, JAN. 19.
Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Queen's
Birth-day, her Grace the Dutchess of GORDON,
aetuated by , that loyal and. patriotic spirit which
has always distinguished. her, patronized, in ho-
nour of HER MAJESTY, a splendid Ball to a large
assemblage of beauty and fashion. • The profits
arising from it, which amounted almOst to twenty
'pounds, were very charitably, bestowed on the poor
of Fochabels and its vicinity. After the Ball, his
Grace invited the whole party to an elegant Supper
in Smith's Tavern, and the night was spent in that
social and convivial, manner, which i-, to be expected
in every assembly that is .patroniALtd by such dis.
tinguished charatiers. •
On Wednesday last, the Anniversary of .Her
MAJESTY'S Birth-day • was observed at Troup.
house with every mark of affeelian. At noon a
royal salute was fired from the battery lately erected
by Mr. GARDEN, under- the slireelion of Captain
FIDDES, for the defence of Auchmeden Bay., The
guns were slotted, and being. exceedingly well
pointed, convinced the numerous spectators of the
battery of its effeas in defending the Bay. An
elegant dinner and ball was given at, Troup-house,
to sotne of
,the first Gentlemen and , Ladies in the
country, and the evening passed
.with unusual
festivity. •

„,,-
PUBLIC-OFFICE, iviAItI4I3OgoUGII,SYREET. --;
Lieutenant-Colonel BoYCE attended in the room of.
Colonel Lord Viscount'lluNc4NNON, the ComMan-
dant of the Royal Mary. le-bone Volunteers, in order
to lay
,a complaint against several Members of that
Corps, for absence from duty and non-payment of
their fines. After that Gentleman had stated gene-
rally the inconvenience OccasiOned by the irregular
attendance of such Members of Volunteer*Corps, and
what'he,conceived to be the spirit of the resolutions
which their Corps in particular had agreed to, the
case first examined was a certificate froni a surgeon,
:declaring his inability to attend, was produced and
sworn to ;, of course he was discharged from any
Tenalty; •One of them stated his wish to resign,
as the:duty of the Corps interfered with his other
business. He was willing to pay the sum for
which :he was called upon, as a subacription along
with others, but did not:like paying a' fine. The
• ''N/ra,gistraie, after some very proper remarks on the
engagements of the Volunteers, and the obje& for
• which” they had. come forward, recommended- the
parties to seCtle the matter with their Colonel.
The. suggestion 'of the Magistrate was- agreed to,
and other members. of The Corps also 'consented •tO
:leave their case to the considtratidn of Lord Vis-
count ,DoNCANNON.s" '

MARRIED.
On the 31st ult. at Plymouth Dock, Captain John
Bridge, of the 3d Royal Regiment of Beserve, to Miss Mit-
chell, daughter of the late Dr. Andrew Mitchell, formerly
Physician to the Forces at Chatham.

- .FREEHOLD, PORTSMOU f 4. '
• TO EL SOLD BY.AUCTION,
By Mr. CUST,ANCE,
At the Blue Posts, Portsmouth, .011 Friday the fedi vf-
bruary, at Six o'Clock in the Evening, by Oider of d
Assignees- of Mr. Lawrence Smith, . Man's Mercer and

Slopseller, Bankrupt,
A, Substantial Brick-built FREEHOLD HOUSE
and Modern-fronted SHOP. well situate for Trader
and partieularly. for the above line of Business, in which it it
established, being No. —, Broad-street, Point, Portsmouth*
The Premises are fout stories high, inclusive of the
Cround-door, comprising a go&I Shop, Dining-,room, Par-
lour, Kitchen; store-room, and five Bed-rooms ; and on thy.
top of the, House is an Observatory,- commanding very tine
View of the Isle of Wight,
.Spithead, POrticiovvn Hills, and
adjacent Country.
May be viewed any time preceding,tlte Sale,: by.applyit4
on the Premises, where .printed• Particulars may be haM
also at the Place of Sale; of Mr. Adams, Solicitor, 011
; and :of Mr. Cuitance, No. Bow=lane,- Cheap-
side,.London. •

UtTHEN Professional Men of Education arta
;V V, Responsibility deviate from the general System le
the •selediOn of a peculiar branch, the sanflion of long coil
tinued success is the best -criterion of superiority:
Eight years have I devoted my. practice to the exclusi:,
treatment of. Three Disorders and the sUccessful result 00
my plan gives the additional ardor to oppose, AS' far' as I alb
• able, the ravages, of those„Complaints- whicharc the. most
important in the Catalogue of Human Infirmities.
After initiation into every Branch, as an Army' Surgeon,
I,forined a wish at an early period. of Pcadiee to rescileih-
dividuals .frons the ignorance, of uneducated men, or tO •
• equally dangerous precipitancy of general
The Three: Disorders, to'the Cure of which I have de.
voted my attention, comprise every 3pecies at V EN.f.:- .
RE Al. 'INFECTION, whether of a recent or long
•d4'
ration : 2.411 y, All, kinds of debility, whether arising frc.4o
the habits Of se!lool .ID6Ys, or- the indulgences -of niaturz •
age ~. And, lastly, r_lat derangement of the system in we-.
Alen which is called 13ARkENNESS, or STE 1.:ILITY• •
ty
Numerous Diseases are the result of ignoranc-c,.
in'thei.treatment •of a' siniple"Gonorrlicea;' and. it not
frequently happens that the seeds of Lite are poisoned hi
the indiscretion of an unguarded hour. -713 y a superior me-
thod- such.Coinplaints are easily .cured; and, even rAlels
others 'have failed, •-1 trust that 1 may presume.t9
Drier' i
radical're-establishment.
Few, however, are tile cases of Complicated distress in
thiS disorder, compared with the calamitous situations ai
Men, who, from an indulgence, in a •solitary- Vice, or. the
prevalent gaieties of a fashionable -lite, acquire that stag
Of Debility, which is the unavoidable cunsequence of such
pernicious habits. , . •
Where-the unhappy sufferer broods over his misery, bud
carefully. conceals his misfortune, it may. be
.some dons°,
lation for him to know, that although it be an objed
dOuSt or uncertainty with other: Praditioners, the mt./tore'
of these Deficiencies by the ;gradual progress of.RenoYr
:ion, is the acquirement of my Experience. It the ri:ir
of' Bacchus or Venus have began to reduce Manly Vig.o
inuch'•an'xiety will be prevented by , an early Countelli
Lion of this languid State ; and in these cases, no gm'

•
difficulty will occur.
lint where this Deficiency has for years existed, a pro°,;,
erseverance is indispensably requisite to revive thesitiP"-
bering Soarks of ,Lite, and to re-animate the Constizutiou. A
MA kk I D WPMEN, who have long been disappoinw:.
'in their expetations of a Family, may be iisrrec, that
-mast instances.' such deeds are curable by Medical skill •
The, secresy which is -so .essential- . to ..
mytimertako ',
and the qualifications which I have presumed to inure,
;the basis of my yetcnsirms, and in coincidence with
th 6. 'intimation is given;' that Mr. lime. maybe corial:
!personally, or by Letters (inclosing a small Nate), at ha
hot:7,..usc
There s'Aarnuncleild-isttioreeniti„ "ES tilrtary;(l.ll,ceneia '
lir
‘.l'cariteirr;_isetictikatr;
adjoining, and the Name is on both the doors.
Martin liree, Member of the Royal College of '.Surgcor,l.l.