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London, England, 1802-07-22 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

Patai atirten, Jamit it.—Palled by, the Blenheim, Saturn,
f-una 'Fidia;:o; Riga Nate, Tt. MN., NI N, I ront Grenada;
V.4ut.r, fra na Trinidad ; BA I v.,0, fruni Cite-
' ar.t.,.; %Aft Indian, U....KC ; Fortitude, GOU j and Mk,
• from Jamaica.—tilikd the Flora, EVA NS, for Con-
" ; Arvna, WILStIN, for Rotterdam; HofTnung
7.a Cavin, LLFM, fur Maltz; Jantzc and Abel, Dr
" RY, fur Anaratrdarn; Providtmec, Tnomas; and Arid,
• a a, a •r Liflaun. _ _

1' A•, J. . 2 :,—.S.Alcd tht Immin rikurt frigate, cof the

ARRIVED. •
At islowfoundland-.4iope, Bulky, from Liverpool.
At Lithon—Cifne, Miller, from London ; Indutiry,
from Virginia; Elizabeth, Brew, from Liverpool; Friends,
Martin, from Sl'aterfard ; Nancy and Mary, —, from
Topiltam ; Rochdale, Lake, from Hull; Mary, Blair, tro:n
Clyde ; Mary, Martin, and Four Friends, Bickerton, from
Cork ; Minerva, Page, and Stafford, Kennedy, from Phila-
delphia ; and Good l rends, Ball, from Dartmouth.
In the Downs--Welt Indian, Duke, and Fortitude, Good-
win, from Jamaica.
A: Whithy—Oak, Barks, from Greenland.
At Lynn—Fountain. Baxter, from Greenland.
+t Liverpool—Cahlicot-C„aftle, Smith, from Demerara;
Molyneux, from Dominica; Adlive, Braithwaite,
rom Jamaica; Milliffippi, Callahan, from Philadelphia; and
1 hour" Higgins, front Charlcilun.
At Bcifalt—l .ady Wafhington. —, from Chark Ron.
' At Bourdraux—Portland, Pollard, from Virginia ; and Dif-
patch, Dame, from New York.
At Havre—Poly, Barter, from Virginia.
At Philadelphia—Princrfs Royal, Affieck ; and Amiable,
Fillinghurft. from Liverpool.
At Leghorn —Cecilia, —, from London; and Cape, Sand.
ford, from Yarnicuth. _ . .

At Paltimore—George Watbinzton, Keefe, from Gibraltar.
At Oporto—Albion, Hurft, from London; Scrafina, Re-
maynr, from Liverpool; Ann, Dila)ln, front Plymouth; Hon-
duras Packet, Liddle, front Newcaltle ; and Vine, Neale, from
Ncath.
At Antigua—Heroine, Cook, from London.

The Rodney, of Dundee, Captain FROGOET, nr- I
rived there from Greenland on the 13th intl. with
fix fish, upward of So tons blubber. Captain FROG-
GET reports the fitceefs of the following veffels at
the Greenland Filitery: Eaftridge,WEUSTEß, fcvcn
HI, 23d June.—Williare and Anne, of Leith,
Kitty, eight fifh, 26th June.—Eliza, SWAN, of
Montrofe, revert fish, alt July. —Hercules, GIBSON,
of Aberdeen, two fish, 7th June.
Arrived at Greenock on Thurfday, the Monte.
zuma, MORGAN' from Charleflon in 27 d:''.. and
brings accounts that the Mary Ann, IN ts, from
that port, had arrived there the day before the
failed. The Sarah, 17.1. w ELL, from thence for
Greenock, may be hourly looked for, as fhe was
to fail on the fame day the Montezuma did.
Yeilerday a Court of Direetors, and a Committee
of Correfpondence of the Eall India Company,
was held at the India Houle, which adjourned to
Wednefday next. The DEVAYNES, fur Bengal,
will be difpatched in a few days.
The Hors, Captain THOMAS Ross, from Mo.
cha, is arrived at Bombay ; she Edified thence the
sift January, with the following velTels, under
convoy of his Majefty's fhip 1:1 Sr N SIBLF, but
parted company in a gale of wind off Cape Gar.
daftly, via. the CUVERA, Captain Lows; FRI END-
SHIP, Captain Moots; ELIZA, Captain WATERS,
and GANGES, Captain SCOTT.

Lima Co Arr.—The amufement of Raffling
has been fufpcnded, if not entirely fuppteffed, at
the different watering-places, in conrequence of
the following fitteepbt: a:rule contained in this AEI:
41 Bc it enaded, that from and after the firff day
of July, 1802, no ptrfon or perfons whatever thall
publicly or privately keep any office or place, to
exercife, keep open (how, expofe to be played,
drawn, or thrown at, or in, either by eke, lots,
cards, or balls, or by numbers or figures, or by
any other way, contrivance, or device whatfoever,
any game or Lottery called a Little Go, of any
other tottery whatfoever, not authorifed by Parlia-
ment ; or thall knowingly fufFer to be exercifed,
kept open, (hewn, or espofed to be played, drawn,
or thrown, at or in, either by thee, lots, cards,
balls, or by numbers or figures, or by any other
way, contrivance, or device whatfoever, in his or
her houfe, room, or place, upon pain of.forfeiting
for every fuch offence the fum of lye hundred
pound:."

The claufe in the Police Aft, which empowers
Magi flrates to apprehend reputed thieves, was very
materially amended last Serlions, by inferting the
form of conviOion, and enaaing at the ftme time,
that the convklion fhould not be fet afide or quash.
ed on account of mere verbal inaccuracy. This
necelfary revifion will prevent many notorious
thieves from evading the punifhment due to their
crimes:

Tuefday fe'nnight a trial of fome importance
to owners of fmacks, Occ. came on in the Court of
Exchequer. The cafe was, that in the month of
December laR, Capt. G. Sricsi, of the Roebuck
cutter, of Portfmouth, feized the BIoIrom,EDWARD
S-romr mailer, for not having been rigged ac-
cording to law, viz. not having a fixed (lay; when
upon a full invefligation, and Capt. ST►tes hav-
ing in a very clear and comprehenfive evidence
pointed out the method of rigging laid down by
the aft, and the method in which the Blofrom was
rigged, the Court were fully of opinion that the
was liable to forfeiture, and condemned her ac-
cordingly. •

Captain STILES has taken and fent into Portf-
mouth the Fox lugger, of Seaton, laden with
too calks of fpirits. This is the firft velFel that
has been feiztd under Act 42 Geo. 3. c. 82,
which makes velfcls laden with contraband goods
liable to feizure, if within eight leagues of the
(bore.

HE rerroans HRlE—Writ of Empliry before the
Sheriff.—On Monlty laR a writ of enquiry of da-
mages was executed before the Under Sheriff, at
Hertford, in an action wherein Henry Browne, of
North !Arnim, Efq. was Plaintiff, and Thomas
Greenwood, the younger, was Defendant. The
action was brought for a trefpafs committed by the
Defendant, in !hooting game within the free war-
ren belonging to the Plaintiff, who is Lord of the
Manor of North Mymms, and entitled to free
warren throughout the whole of the manor. It
appeared that the land on which the trefpafs was
committed, and the game killed by the Defendant,
was not in ;point of tad the land of the Plaintiff,
but on the contrary belonged to Juilinian Cara-
:major, Dip ; however, as it was proved to be
within-the Manor of North Mymms, and the right
of free warren extending over the whole of the
manor, the Jury, after fully confidering the cit.-
cumftances of the cafe, and the Defendant's con-
dud, who perfificd in (hooting after being warn-
ed to the contrary, gave a verdid of col. which
the Defendant has to pay, together with the whole
Abaaelus.-

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PI.F.IS, JULY 21.
LOUP V. itooi.S.

The Plainti:r was originally frzo Afric4,
of a black colour, hut palling from that tiar7er ni
the globe to America, he there puttiled the Lent
of that difpofition his name imported, and gamed
his livelihood by traverfing the woods and v-
of that immenfe Continent, catching deer, kid,
ducks, cranes, or any other prey that fell in his
way. It happened, that in the courfe of his pre-
datory wanderings he caught a deer of moll un-
common form and nature—it was unlike any other
of the known freies of that animal ; it was. in
fhort, a non-defeript. Soon after he furprized
certain convocation of docks, and made lcveral of
them captives, thele alfo differed from the ordi
nary race of ducks. He hest had the good for
tune to feize a crane by the leg before it had time
to fpread its wings. This he feafled upon, hut
preferved its feathers which were of great •vaine.
He then embarked with his freight on board a
veffel bound for England, which he knew was the
hell market fin. all manner of exotic rarities.
Scar Ce was the veirel n,owed is the river Thames,
when tidings reached the Defendant of its arrival.
The Defelidant, every one knows, is the proprietor
of an eNtentive and curious menagerie, at the top
of the Hay market. Anticipating Mr. Pidcock,
he haftened on board the fhip and bargained with
the Plaintiff for the deer, the ducks, and the
crane's feathers ; for the latter he agreed to allow
at the rate'of two guineas and an half per ounce,
for the ducks he paid ready money, and the deer
he took to his menagerie for tale. He fagacioufly
remarked to the .Plaintiff, that as the deer was a
male it could not propagate any of its kind with-
out a female, and contequently that its value was
• infinitely below what it would h:tve been, had it
been accompanied by a female deer. Unfortu-
nately loon after it was in his Folfellion, it died,
II and he refukci to make the • Plaintiff any recom-
pence for it. The Plaintiff therefore bronglit this
au ion to recover the value of the deer, and the fum
due to him for the feathers, which he alledged
Weighed four ounces.
The witnefs called on the part of the Plaintiff,
was a waterman of the name of Jones, who was
preterit at the comtraa ; he proved the hargain as
to the feathers, but confirmed the defence as to
the deer, that it was delivered on flde only, and
not ablbliitely fold to the Defendant. The De-
fendant intifted that his having paid for the ducks
at the time he bought them, was prefumptive twit
dcnce of his having alfo paid for the feathers, but
as he had no receipt to produce, and as -the wit-
nefs politively (fated they were not paid for when
they were taken away•by the Defendant, the Jut y
gave% Verdia for the Plaintiff with ten guineas
daniages.

' PROSSER r. COOPF

Mr.lerjeant BAILEY hated this care with a con-
fiderable degree of humour. It *as an adion, he
fail, to recover the fum of tool. which the Plain-
tiff had paid to the Defendant. He was happy in
the opportunity afforded him of laying before the
Jury fetch a cafe as this was, becaufe if it fhould
be communicated to the public, it would prove
that many of thole golden promifes conveyed
through the medium of printed advertilements
and propofals, and the great advantages to be
derived from them, were frequently, if not gene-
rally, delufive and fallacious. The defendant,
Mr. Charles Cooper, was a barrifler, whofe refl.
dence was at Norwich, in the county of Norfolk.
He was a man who paffed his time either at what
was called hide-and.feek, or in the caftle of Nor-
wich ; the Jury would not underhand him to
mean, that Norwich Cattle was part of the domain
of a wealthy Baron, as the terns feemed to imply ;
on the contrary, it was a certain place of durance,
nfually denominated a prifhn. In the year 1789,
being dreadfully afilided with that difeafe which
arises from ah inanition of the purfe, he imagined
a fcheme to raife Come money. He opened a new
Tontine, the propofal for which Rated, that no
projed was ever farmed on principles of purer in-
tegrity, or any plan deviled in which equal fecu-
rity and advantages were given to the fubfcribers ;
he fhould have laid, that no plan was ever deviled
which gave greater advantages to himfelf, Charles
Cooper. The (hares were neceffarily limited to
250, the law not admitting of a larger number, at
tool. each. On New Year's day 1808, the fub-
fcribers were to have to,oool. and from that pe-
riod a clear annuity of moot. Thefe advantages
the propolals hated, were to be fecured upon am-
ple freehold landed skates, certified by furveyors
to be of fufficient value, and the deeds were to be
fubmitted to the infpedion of the molt eminent
conveyancers. The Learned Serjeant Paid, he
fhould be glad to hear from the other fide, where i
thefe freehold eftates lay ; he believed they were
not in any part of the United Kingdoms ; no, not
even in Tipperary, that county of Ireland fo ce-
lebrated for containing the eftates of thole perfons
whole means of living were in this country deemed
fomewhat equivocal. The propofals added, that
the title deeds of thefe dimes were to be inrolled
in the Court of Chancery; that ceremony, howe-
ver, had not yet taken place. The Blares were
to be transferable, and fubfcribers were &fired to
loft no time, as it was probable, in cafe they fhould
afterwards with to difpofe of them, that they
would bcar a premium. The defendant having
thrown out this bait, his client, the plaintiff, was
the only gudgeon who caught at it, he became the
purchafer of a !hare, and paid the defendant his
tool. but never had there been any perfon foolifh
enough to become a fubfcriber but himfelf. Upon
his applying to the defendant to have his money
returned, the anfwer he received was, that the
deeds were preparing, and would be completed as
loon as the fubfcription was full. His client had
been gulled, not only by the promifing propofals
held forth, but by an affidavit the defendant had
made before the Lord Mayor ; a fort of affidavit
which it was extremely improper for any Magif-
trate to take, as it was impoffible for any perjury
to be afligned upon it. The affidavit hated, that
the deponent Charles Cooper would carry his in-
tended plan into effed as loon as the fubfcription

alfo direted, that all lubccriptions were to be paid
to Mr. John Nichols, of Red Lion-pall-age, Fl,:et-
ftreet ; Mefrri. Hodfoll and Co. ; Hobbs, Birch,
and Co. ; Prefcotts and Co.; and Curtis and Co.
bankers, or t.) ;:zerctary, No. 39, Norl-lk-
flrect, Strand. Tait Secretary was I:' other tan
Mr. Cooper liiinrdf.f The bankets, if t;:cy y, tvc
the defendant authority to• tire ;heir names, e: r-
tainly never had any tro•ibie upon the ra!,jea, for
:io perfon bad ever applie,l to It his
Learned Friend wowd tell him wh,:ri:
lands lay, or that et.: win-4c plan wa, any thin?;
elf,t titan a rn.r. btf):Ae, he fhould
Ile. wciild not call it by a lairfh-r
We,!lld he for tic: y to attach %kb:a
61,1. more they Ihould think it raiht inei it, after
tl.ey had heal d the whole of 11`,2 ca e. HC atonid
pri.clicit the hankers, who would prove that no
liihicription; had ever been paid intochit rcf.their
houles, The defendant had had the tife of the
tozi. for upwards of three yea's, and therei-o!e
ought to pay intereli for it. Surely the plaintiff
had waited full long enoulth fir the fubfiription
filling, and it was not Yeatinlai)le fhoold wait
till tli'e Gres.k Calends. He contideied this not as
money paid out COnfidcratif:il Whit's had failed. but
as money paid without any confideratior, at all.
The propr&ls and receipt for the iccs,l. wet:: pot
in as evidence for the plaintiir.
Mr. Serjeant WiLLIA:Is fubmitted that the pro.
pofals operated as a contraft between the parties,
and were therefore liable to a :lamp duty.
Mr. Serjeant BAILEY and Mr. WIGLEY con-
tended that the propocals were only to convey
to the public a dcfcription of fornething luppond
to exifl, but which in fa6t had no exillence..

Sir ALLAN CHAMBRE Paid, he (hould certainly
receive the propofals as evidence; upon the face
of them they did not appear to conflitute an
agreement.
The propof.th and rece7pt were then read, as
well as- f!veral lcters from the defendant, contain-
iltifiling cultic,: to the plaintiE, founded on the
lubleription not !Living plied.
'Mr. NICHOLLS difaVONVCd having given any au-
thority for implicating his name in the propfals
for the Tontine, which formed the firhje!t of the
prefent
•
The Partriers ar.,l Cl,;•rks of the different Brnk-
hag honles proved,• that no fitbrcriptic:i i:•!d ever
becn received in confequence of :he proporak.
Mr: Select-a WiLLIAMS Clid, it Vttus imrecetfary
for him to addrels the Jury on behalf of the dz.
•

Sir ALLA'? CHAMBRE obferved, it W3S too clear
a cafe to reqUire any remarks from him. It was
a cafe of the groffeft fraud and deception ever
praelifcci.
Vcrdia for the plaintiff—Damages 1151.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY ix.
BLAKE THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
This anion was brought again! the Bank of
England to recover the value of a wool. note,
w:iich they had detained when prefented for pay-
ment, under the circumftances below flared :—lt
may perhaps be recolleeted by manyof our Readers,
that a perfon of the name of Nowlan, a Soap-boiler,
became a Bankrupt in the year 1793, and that there
was a tam of upwards of 40001. of which he gave
no fatisfanory account to the Commillioners.—
The only account being, that he had the notes in
his pocket-book, and that in travelling to Cheiter
by the mail-coach, it was overfet, and he loft the
book from his pocket. The Commiffioners not
conceiving this to be a fatisfadory account, corn.
mitred him, and he has remained in cullody ever
lance that time. The wool. note for which this
anion was brought, was one of the notes Rated by
him fo to have been loft, which has never been
heard of till it lately appeared in the manner as
related by the evidence in this caufe.
Mr. PARK!, for the Plaintiff, Rated the caufe of
his Client, and infifted on his right to recover the
note in quettion, as it was taken in a fair courfe
of trade. The Plaintiff, Mr. Blake, who called
for payment of the note, was a Working Silver-
fmith, living in a Court in Cagle-ftreet, Lcicell&r
fields, and in the courfe of April tali lie received
the note in queftion from a perfon of the name of
Dallow, or Dallone, for by the letters he wrote,
it was not clear whether the 'aft letter was a eu,
or at. He did not know who this perfon was, but
he had given value for the note in the manner as
his witnetres would prove.
The lira witnefs called was a Clerk to the Plain-
tiff Blake, of the name of Medlicote. He laid
that they received a letter on the 4th of April
from Bath, figned with the name of Dallow, or
Dallone ; it was not clear from the writing, which
lie produced, in the letter. It Rated that the
writer was about to fet up a Goldfmith's !hop in
Milfom-greet, Bath ' • that his uncle was going to
advance him money for that pnrpofe, and that he
i fhould deal with Blake. He therefore deiired the
Plaintiff to fend a lift of the things he manufaftoto
ed, with their prices, and added, that be fhould pay
in ready money. (It may be proper to oblerve,
that this letter had the Bath Poll mark). He was
thew n this letter by Mr. Blake, who faid to him
that he did not much like country cuttomers, for
he had nearly !attained a lots by one in Warwick-
fhire ; the Witnefs replied, that as the writer pro.
pofed to pay ready money, there could be no
danger of dealing with him. The Witnefs then
produced a copy of the anfwer written to this
letter, which Rated that the Plaintiff would be
happy to ferve the writer, but obfcrved, that he
dealt only for ready money : and alfo added, that
as he was about to let up in his bulinefs, he had
an affortment of feveral dozens of fecond hand
watches, which he would let him have a bar-
gain. This letter was direned to Mr. Dallone, to
be left at the Poft Office, Bath, as he had inform-
ed them his houfe was not fitted up. Another ler.
ter, in anfwer to this, was received,' which -
tained the order, and Mr. Dallone requeftei
might be ready when he got to town, which wi
in the courfe of a fortnight. The order
accordingly fet about,and the men were kept e'
night to work. They got the flyer from 1
Cowrie, laver refiner, and on the zoth of A
the order was two-thirds completed. Oh ti'