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BANKRUPTCY SUPFR SETS F D.

Riebard Divan, ofLonp-Aere. Middleftx, coach-milt T.
BANKRUPTS.
John Halliday, of Old George-Yard, Drury-lane. victualler, to
farm:oder Jan. 31, Fels. 7, and March 7, at twelve, at Guild-
hall. Attorney. Mr. W)bourn, Cgalg's-erart, Cbaring-crofs.
Jubn A nfell, of 'Wickham, Southarnytun, victualler, to (amen-
der Feb. to, at is, Feb.ll, and March 7, at tiOttli, at Guild-
hall. Anomie", Mr. Thomas Aiielfiw,. Miachin, Gofport,
Hants; or Mem. DOI and Matthews, Inner Temple.
Illetward Parker, of Little Turnitile, Holborn, mans mercer,
to Jurrender Jan. 31, Feb. 14, aad March 7, at twelve, at
t Attorney, Mr. Johnfon, Ely-Flaes, Holborn.
Jodepb Hagewoud, late of Birmingham, gun-maker, to furren-
skr Feb. to, 11, and March 7, at eleven, at the ()Mee of the
COMlnetdii.eentiniirintlitrt, in New-ftreer, Illnu:turham.
Anomie', Mr. Palmer, in Birmlnyltam; Mars. Kinder-

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led arm I,one, of Srotond's-don, Condon.
jaws Meredith, of Hereford. linen.draper, to Ilirretador Fab.
41, is, and March 1, at eleven, at Preccea .Colfee-boofe, in
Seedbed. Artornics, Mr. Joreph Woodhottfe, Hereford;
4f Mr. I. C. Williams, ledfoad-row, Landon.
Willem Nan, of Acle, Norfolk, liqubr-nterchant, to furren-
. 1 Feb. 24, .ti, And March 7, at tour, at the Klll7;'a Head,
ct l'eote of Mancroft, Norwich. Attorney, Mr. Robert
Ivrat r, NOM:Ch.
111011,:trn It-hi:ohm of the Colonailc, near Roffell.fqvane, Saint
comm.% Illonnifbery, victualler. to Atm:n.4 r Jan. 27, pro. a,l
poul I.4areb 7, at one, at tlt.ildhall. Attornie.a, MaLr►.
nutter a: .d Wittht, Hyde-Rivet. Bluomflutry
'Robert TaLatt, now or late of St, Caroge, Southwatt, foamy,
ei,2lsoller, to furrender jam 31, I eb. I^, and Malvb 7, at ten,
at Guildhall Anomie:a, Mat& Winder sad Hullaway,
hcathampcom-listl,ihiss, Chancey-knew.
jobs Wei. now or late of Bath, e•xtlwainer, to furrauld ien.
all, March r.. and 7, a' twelve, at the Chrdlopher Inn, Meek
At•ornle,, MeNn. Jenkins and J a r•. flew-Inn, London;
or Mr. Nathaniel Gayly, Harriett ott-Placc, Bath.
•Jdeph Whitehead the younger, and Wiliam Henn Taylor, of
l'r.fton, LAncAllurc. tronmoup ra. to turrender I It. 4, c,
am' NI •rch 7, at eleven, at the George Lon, In Prettoo,
Atternid, Metre. Barrett. Holborn-court, Crays-fun, Lou-
don ; or 11It.S,Artilart. is Prrlton.
Div IDENTis.

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LAW INTELLIGENCff.

COURT OF RING'S BENCH, JANWARY 24.

CARL OF DARNLkY do BLION, ESQ...
Mr. ERSKINE Paid, he was inttruided by the Earl
of Darnley to apply to the Court for a criminal
information, which his Lordihip was under the
very painful neccffity of moving for againft a very
near relation. He raid, he should !tate the fill:i-
nane, of the cafe in a very few words. So long
ado as December 1799, the Earl of Darnley re-
ceived a letter from Mr. Robert Bligh, againft
whom he moved, accufing the Noble -Earl of an
attempt to take away his c-harader. The Counfel
read this letter to the Court, which it is unneeef-
fary to Rate. Mr. E. Paid it was extremely ho.
nourable to the Noble Earl that he had it in his
power to !late, that this letter was received fo
long ago as the year 1799, and that therefore he
could be in no condition, from the great modera-
tion, wifdom, and forbearance of the Noble Lord,
to make any application to the Court againft this
Gentleman, who was not only allied in blood to
Lord Darnley, but his brother was married to
the Noble Lord's filler. He faid he need hardly'
addrefs himfelf to the Court on the prudence and
virtue of Lord Darnley's clondud in wilting to
bury that letter in oblivion. It was very difficult
for him to do fo. The Noble Lord (wore moll
pofitively, that, neither directly nor indirectly,
had he ever done any thing or ufed any expreffion
to injure the charader of Mr. Bligh. But it ap-
peared
that Mr. Bligh had endeavoured to circu-
late the contrary. My Lord Darnley, on the 17th
of May, received a letter from Lord Robert Ste-
phen Fitzgerald, in confequence of a communica-
tion from Mr. Bligh on this bufinefs, to which the
Earl of Darnley immediately returned an anfwer
to his Lordllip to this effed :

" MY DRAICLORD,
" I have this moment received your Note, in anfwer to
which I can afore you, on my molt Gilman word of
honour, that I never made ufe of the mpreffions afcribed to
Me by Mr. Robert Bligh. Nor, indeed, could I have done fo,
beanie I always have thought the reverie ; and I agoin repeat
what I have fo often declared to many of our common friends
and relations, that I never in my life injured Mr. Robert
or his charadter, diralt/y or indiredliy. Indeed if I
were bate enough, I am not foolifh enough to do fo, without
fame motive of huereft ; and what polfibk intereft can I have,
or could' I ever have had in injuring him l I have always
wined him well. I 11111 with him well in fpite of his unpro-
voked outrage in writing to me that extraordinary letter,
which no provocation, in my opinion,
couldever have lafti
-
dcd, and which unfortunately, while it regains avowed and
unretrafted by him, puts it out of my power, confdtently with
what I think I owe to midi, to hold any perfoaat communi-
cation with him on this fobjedt, which I &mild wilingly have
done, and which he had a right to espat, if be had alkali for
it ins proper manner.
P.S. I mutt the above declaration on my part will induce
Mr. Bligh to think his letter ought never to have been written."

Mr. E. ailed their Lordfhips, whether any man.
living could poffibly have ailed with more pru-
dence and virtue than the Noble Earl towards
this Gentleman t He fhould not take up the time
of the Court With what had paired fubfequently.—
It appeared from his affidavits, tharanother Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Howard) wrote to the Earl of
Darnley, Rating a communication which he alto
had on this fubje& from Mr. Bligh. The anfwer
of Lord Darnley to that letter he fhould not read,
only becaufe it was In fimilar to that fent to Lord
R. S. Fitzgerald. Mr. E. Paid he moved on a
libel, and not merely a libel, but a threat of per-
final violence. It was a letter written by Mr.
Illigh to the Earl of Darnley, in confequence of
the Noble Earl's anfwer to Mr. Howard, and
which had been communicated to Mr. Bligh.—
Mr. ERSILII42 read it to the Court. It was dated
the t ith of this month, and received by Lord
Darnley on the Pith, containing very improper
language. Mr. EILSKINi Paid, he had Rated that
Mr. Brief was a very near relation of Lord Darn-
ley's, but while that Noble Lord was under his
profeffional protelion, he would not permit him
to have it confidered as if that were the only rea-
fon why he fhould appear in a Court of jußice.
That barbarous prejudice was fall wearing away
from the minds of the public, and it was highly
neceffary in a civilized age and country, totally to
eztinguiffi a praCtice which put it in the power of
any defperate man to put himfelf on a level with
another, who had given him no provocation, and
to ails the life of a man the moll virtuous, and in
the high& degree of vmfperity. He was Pure
their Lordfhips would think the tondo& of the
Noble Earl entitled to the higheft degree of com-
mendation.

Lord KlNltolf•—e Oh ! certainly. Take a Rule
to thew caufe. Unexplained, it is a flagrant cafe."
—Rule granted.
THE KING If. ItVII4WOILTII.
This was a Rule calling on the Def•rdant• to
lies: caufe w:iy a Criminal Information (bold not
be filed againft him, upon the application of a
pertisn of the name of Pratt, alledging by his affi-
davit, that a mob had colleOed at Yarmouth, in
the Ilk of Wight, where Mr. Pratt is a mealman,
and that Mr. kuthworth, being a Magiamte living
in that neighbourhood, was fort for with a view
of his cr.ercifing his authority to quell the riot, or
put an end to the turbulent proceedings of the
mob, who, through prejudice and mifguided seal,
I had direaed their fury againft Mr. Pratt, conceiv-
ing him to be a eronopolift of Corn and Dour;
and that the Defendant, Mr. Ruflivrorth, came
there, but that inflead of ailing as a Magilirate,
lie aged as a party againft Mr. Pratt, (Laying to
him, in the hearing of a mob of people, i' You
:ire a rogue and a villain—you have given more
than was neceilary for flour—you have entered
into a combination with others to raife the price,
and you have adulterated the Flour," whereby he
increafed inficad of allaying the fury of the mob
agairat Mr. Pratt, and by which he was put in
danger of his ;itei tame of the crowd crying out'
that they would hm% hinh and pull his mill down;
that the mob followed and hooted him oat of the
town of Yaimouili to a great diflance, kc. to his
gre.st terror, etc. That Was the fuhltanca of the
elm; fp agasiift Mr. Rufhworth.
Oa the part of the Defendant, it appeared by
affidavits that this happened in ...lii:;:titt Lift. and
that the Motion for this Rule was mat!c only the
kit day but one of the lalt Term, which was the
anis of November I that during that intervals

and even down to the preterit period, no nee in-
dividual
moletted Mr. Pratt in his occupations,
which are thofe of a Miller, Mcalman, and Baker,
in the Ifle of Wight, carrying on thefe three
trades at different parts of the Bland; that the
people who had gathered together at Yarmouth
had indeed charged Mr. Pratt with very un-
fair pradices, and were very angry with him;
but that Mr. Rufhworth was Co far from inciting
or encouraging them to violence, that he exerted
all his authority in the belt way he was able, to
preferve order, and that for that purpofe he de-
fired Mr. Pratti to go with him into the Inn,
which he did, and there Mr. Rufhworth expof-
tulated with him upon the impropriety of his
conduit in the purchafe and keeping back of Corn
and Flour ; to which Pratt replied, that his Flour
was his own property; that he had a right-to buy
it and fell it at whatever price be pleafed ; and that
he was fo far from profiting by the advice given
to him, that he followed Mr. Rufhworth into the
greet, and (poke to him very provokingly ; upon
which Mr. Rufhworth anfwered him with Come I
warmth, but by no means in a way to incite the
populace to any violence again( him ; that, in
truth, no actual violence was (hewn to him ; that
he called for his horfe and rode away, not fo
much as a tingle perfon going after him 40 yards
out of the town, a few people only hooting as he
patted :—that as to the charge stf Mr. Pratt having
adulterated Flour, and given a higher price for it
than was even diced for fome, the Defendant pro-
fefed a readinefs to tender to him an itrue upon
thefe tails, if Mr. Pratt had any inclination to
difcufs it ; for that the furgeon, and many of the
inhabitants of Yarmouth had (worn to the one,
and thofe who had fold to him Meal at Newport,
had depofed to the other; and that the gallon loaf
was 7d. dearer at Yarmouth than at Lymington,
the oppofite (bore. That as to Mr. Rufhworth,
he (wore molt pofitively, he neither did, nor in-
tended to do, any thins to injure Mr. Pratt ; that
as to the mob threatening to pull down Mr. Pratt's
Mill, Mr. Rufhworth had the belt interelt in the
world in preventing that, for he was the landlord
of it.

Mr. BOND followed on the fame fide. He ob-1
ferved, that it had been computed the growth of
wheat in a good year, in the Ilk of Wight, was
fufficient for the confumption of the inhabitants
for (even years, and in fuch a year as the left was
fufficient to laft four years • tonfequendy the high
price of bread muff have been owing to the impro-
per praaices of Mr. Pratt, and thole who adopted
his example.
Mr. Buaaows alto argued in difcharge of the
Rule.
It was contended, on the part of Mr.• Pratt, that
Mr. Rufhworth had mifconduded hirnfelf in this
particular inflance, although his condus in ge-
neral, as a Magiftrate, was molt laudable ; that as
to the danger to which Mr. Pratt was expofed the
Court would not meafure that upon the affidavits
of the parties ; neither would the Court inquire
whether there was or was not any truth in the
charges again(' Mr. Pratt, whether he was a mo-
nopolift or not, or whether he adulterated Flour ?
for that if he had mined arfenic with it, that would
not be any anfwer to this accufation I for this was
a complaint againft Mr. Rulhworth for partiality
againft Mr. Pratt in the charader of a Magiftrate.
Mr. ENS& INN, among many things, Paid this :-.
I apprehend that a Magiftrate, like any other
individual, muff anfwer the charges that are exhi-
bited againft him, only that the Court will take
care to proteU him if he does not err. It is in-
deed the duty of a Magiftrate to do every thing in
his power to avoid the diftreffes of the Poor, and to
keep the peace of the country : the very language
of his Cornmiffion includes this.—l fay alfo again,
that there is in this country a fcandalous traffic in
the neceffaries of life, whereby the price is enhanc-
ed. I believe there is fome fcarcity in this coun-
try, becaufe I fee upon the Reports of the two
Houfes of Parliament, that there is; but I fay
that no man living can deny, that there ii in this
country filch a combination of inhuman men, who
avail themfelves of their own ftrength by means of
lucre, in the fituation in whi eh they (land, by
' which the price of provifions is greatly enhanced,
beyond what there would be if there were no fuch
combination; but in proportion as there are fuch
perfons, in proportion to the iniquity of their
praaices, and the anger which they excite, fhould
Magiftrates take care to provide,•as far as they
are able againft popular tumult, which we fay,
Mr. Ruthworth has Trot done in this cafe."
-Mr. Guess and Mr. GATELY argued on the fame
tide. The latter gentleman obferved, that the Rate-
ment of a year's growth of the wheat of the file of
Wight being fufficient for feven years confumption,
however jolt it might have been formerly, would
not apply now when the iffiind was crammed half
full of Rildiers.

It appeared that Mr. Pratt, who is a miller, baker,
and corn-dealer, was one of thofc Gentlemen upon
whofe opinions the Committees of the Houk of
Commons have, in part, founded Come of their
late reports.
Lord IZsa vox delivered his opinion much to
this effest :—" There have been Come topics en-
I tered into in the courfe of this argument, which it
is not neceffary, neither is it my intention, to dif-
cufs.—The learned Counfel who laft fat down has
thought proper to obferve that the Ifle of Wight
is half crammed with foldiers. I prefurne he mcans
to infinitate that it has been improperly fo done.
I than leave it to thole who are entrufted with the
government of the country to junify themfelves to
the public for the manner in which they have dif-
poled of its military force --with that I have
nothing to do. If they have been guilty of any
offences again( the public, the Parliament is now
fitting, and I dare fay their conduit will be ar-•
raigned. The fubjc.f of the prefent fcareityof
bread has alGa been alluded to. Upon that than
not enter. It has been referred to the wifdom of
Parliament to declare what in future the law -ball
be, but till their determination has been ptade
known I muft content myfelf with taking the law
AS I find it at prefent laid down. Whatever the law
may be hereafter, furs I am that as it now cline it
does not autborife the three different charaCters of
raillgr, Wu, and solvdcalcr, toeing contbuted io

the fame parole. If I take the Old swestmes or r.•
law for my guide, I am yitrfuaded I fhall
nothing in them to autherate Inch a combinutite.,
—lt has been laid, that it would /rive been better
thole volumes had been fuffered to Lave remained
on the fhelf and eaten by the moths. Such lord of
obfervations, I think, might have been feared,
even though they came from the Proferor's
However, Parliament is competent to decide. It
is for Pniiiamsat to fay whether it is proi,,T for the
currier and the tanner to be united in ire fame per.
fon ? In the reign of King James, the Pailianort,
I am lure, would not have held fuel) a doeirine,_.
If the wirdoni of man, from the earlieft peno,.;.n,
the prefent time, has paufed, it is not if Cl.ll • r
the joke we ought to be induced to. t: •e e.
tient regulations of our ancefinrsout at our I: P
books. This queftion is one of the ;smolt
tance. There is no clifs of Ma iterates more a-.
viceable to the public than thole who take u)°,
themfelves the office of Jultices of the Peace ; hot
if they exceed the power with which the law entrees
them, they are not to go away without being fourd
fault with. Let ns then fee whether this Gentleman
,has done any thing to eleferve reprehenfion. That
-the rule ought not to be made abfidute, teems to
be admined ; the only point therefore is, whether
he ought to have the coils to which he has Inn
put ?—Upon occafions like that in which this Gen.
deman interfered, I think we &add do wrong
were we to difeofirage Magiftrates from ading
with becoming fpirit ; they are, if I miff:eke not,
fandioned by the Legiflature, even in the merit,'
their authority. I think there is an Aft of Perlin
ment which authorifcs Magiftrates to exert their
authority in fuppreffing any tendency to riot, even
though they fhould not have taken out their d 4.
mar. the object of this is, that every one fhotdd he
enabled to repair to his poR to reprefs any attcmet
again& the peace of fociety. What then has Mr.
Rufhworth done ? He was no volunteer in rite
bufinefs. Tidings were brought to him by a Cub.
ordinate officer, one which the ancient law con F-
. as the eV°, path. -The conftable, too, was
not a volunteer in the fervice ; he was fent by the
inhabitants in confequence of that diforder, which
was likely to prevail, from their not having hen
able to buy bread for two days. He came miler:.
ly, croffing an arm of the lea from his own home
to Yarmouth, in order to quell the tumult. What
&mild he have done ? Should he have harangued
the populace ? No—he found that the tumult was
in a great meafure owing to the conduit of the
miller; he went with him into a private room, re.
monflrated with him upon the impropriety of his
conduit; told him how wrong it was in him
to have parch:tied wheat above the market price,
and that it was very extraordinary that wheat fold at
Lymington for as. ad. Mould fell at Yarmouth
for as. yd. I will not dircufs the point whether
what is called free traffic may not be a plailler to
cover all this. The time will come when thofe who
are to decide the queftion will adopt that determi.
nation, which may be dilated either by their heads
or their famillied Rornachs. It appears that this
Gentleman having left the room the other followed
him to the door. Why did he follow him It is
faid tome hard words were ufed by the magifirate.
It is not faid precifely what thofe words were; and
it is not likely that an honourable man, as Mr.
Rpfhworth is admitted to be ; a man fo fitted is
priori fur his offices, would ufe any coarfe words,
unbecoming a Gentleman. But we may colkd
how very likely it is that Mr. Pratt ihould have
overliated the fad in his affidavit. Two things
are evident in proof of it: lie fwears he had appre.
henfions of his perfonal fafety ; the dired contrary
is (worn by perfons who law him about his ordi-
nary bufinefs as ufual : then he rays he could not
go out of the town without being guarded, yet he
is proved to hate mounted his horse in the face of
the snob, and, forty yards from the town, he is
teen going towards horn' at a leifure pace and
unattended.
a The* then are mifreprefentations on his part to
induce the Court to believe he had been obliged to
make his efcape out of the poftern gate of the tows
to eludothe fury of the populace. The only quer.
non then is as is the colts. It is of importance we
fhould encourage Magiftrates to be on the alert.
Here is a complaint made on the seth November,
late in the Term, for what was done on the 13th
of Augult. I think the Court would eft ill to
wards this Gentleman, if it fhould dikourage him
and other Magiftrates (rune ailing with vigour
when called upon, by making him pay colts.
am of opinion, upon the whole, that the Rule
&mild be difcbarged, with coils."
The other Judges concurred in that opiniou.—.
The Rule was difeharged, with colts.
JUDGMENTS.
job, Ditnion and William Harris were fenteneed
to two years imprifonment in the common gaol fur
the county of Cornwall, for obfiruding two offi-
cers of Excite in the execution of their duty.
The above John Dungan, for another fimilat
offence, was fentenced, with William Ewring, as
accomplice, to one year's imprifonment in the
raid county gaol.
Mr. The. Killer, who was guilty of two feveral
libels upon Mr. MITCH ELL, a Gentleman who LA
been in an official flotation in the Mend of Jamaica.
was fentenced to eight calendar months farther im-
prifontnent in Newgate, and, at the expiration of
that period, to give fecurity for his good behaviour
for five Years, himfelf in one thoufand pounds, and
two fufficient funnies in five hundred pounds each.

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