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London, England, 1805-07-25 00:00:00

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EAsT-IRDTA SHIPPING.

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Yefterday a -Court of bireaors was held At the Eaft
inciia Honk, when Captain Jot+ avows Bittcn, com-
mander of the Companftfhip Britannia, took leave,
previous to departing for Madan and Bengal.
CALCUTTA GAZETTE, 17, 1805.—0 n the 26th
December arrived at Madras from Bengal, the Alia,
Captair: TRIMINHEERI, and Marchionefs of Exeter,
Captain HASH.

Paffer.geri I.cr. Am A-Mt, and Mrs. Hendry. IVreffrs. Duffen,
Stnith,Dynlcy and Murray, cadets; and Mr. Schoons, Chief of=
leer of the Marquis of Wadley.
Paffengers per Masten tones, of Ezrreit—Cc, mel and Lady
Canton, Litut. Colonel Hamilton, Major Plumer, Captain O.
Criftable. Capt. B. Sullivan, Major O'Keefe, Lieut. J. Peckham,
John Wallace, Efq. tenor, ntercluun, and I. Bin. cadet
Arrived is Madras Roads, the syth December. the Company's
fliip Marquia Went ficy, from Cakutta, and !hip Picenn, Captain
Barber, from China. Alfa the Gilwell, Captain Taylor, from
Calcutta; brig Georgiana, Captain Anthant, from Vizagapatam ;
Juliar.a, Captain Warraker; and Regina, Captain Lyon, left. Ran-
goon 7111 December.

The Air, Hostirieir, of London ; and the Netly,
of Dumfties, from Oporto; which were taken by a
Spanifti *privateer on the 4th inßaht, were retaken on
the gth Whist by the NAIAD frigate.
The Julia, Vic Ra y, from Virginia, is full of water
in the King's Dock at Liverpool-.
The fhip Neptunus, detained for a breach of block-
ade by his Majefty's brig BOLD, commanded by
Lieut. CHIVERS, is condemned, together with ftir
cargo, valued at 16,0001.
The Fleet bound for the Baltic failed from Grine-
by Roads on Friday laft, under convoy of the Duita
OF 11Esr armed 'hip; as did alto that bound for Ton-
ningen, which has been detained there forne time
Puri contrary winds, &c. under convoy of the P - RINCII
I 1A m armed (hip.
t.lptAlll GAGE is appointed to the command of the
r TIS frigate.

A gang of offenders have been pradifing import.
tons on the unwary for feveral days at the weft end
et the town. Three of them, two of whom repre-
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Ce.nted themfclves as Officers of Suffice, the third an
Informer, went to a houfe in Paddington-fireet a few
days fince, and lodged a woman and her fon and
danghter in cußody, alledging that they took Wu-
rancvs for the Little Go. After feveral hours had
elapfed, the alledged offenders were taken before a
fellow of the Lowell charaifter, who flood in a pillory
at Brentford Come time finee. He prefided as a ma-
?ißrate, and did not bold with litiga•ton amongft
poor individuals, and therefore, rather than even rilk
.1 trial, the parties would do well to make a compro•
ltis faiutary advice duped the woman out
rf

GRETNA GREEN.
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did joe had a got*: job lag Friday I emple, all
the way from Suffolk,. having made a pilgrimage to
the Hymeneal Shrine at Gretna Green. The Gen-
tleman, from his appearance, is verging upon three
fiore year: toe ten, and of a bulk and figure which
might reprefent a Faye" wirhoutjuirrnj. The lady
is (lender ; below the middle fir:, and apparently a
Mifi in ber Teem. They were in the molt intempe-
rate hafie until the knot was tied ; after which they
returned to Carlifle, where they remained that night,
and proceeded fouthward about eight o'clock the
nest mulling. Their name: did not tranfpire.

" flow does your new purchafed horfe anfever ?"
laid the late Duke of CUMBERLAND to G. Sszwrs—
" I really don't know," replied he, " for I never.
'aired him a qufflion."
On Sunday lag was exhibited for the firft time, in
Stratford Church, near Guildford, a large Window in
painted glafs, repielenting the Refurredion of Out
Saitotra. It is one of the many fine productions of
this nature from the fchool of the late Mr. GIRTON,
near Birmingham.
The health of Sir rRAN" Cls Buanavr is completely
reftored. He is daily ex-peeled to return to town.
The following extracrdinary incident occurred at
Aylesford a few days a„an : as Mrs. Taylor, of that
Oace. was fitting in the llreet near her houfe, fire was
fusldenly furrnunded by a (warm of bees, that had
efcaped from a neighbouring hive, and the little bufy
affemblage fettled upon her. Mrs. Taylor, no doubt,
embarraiTed at fuch an unexpected hoft of vifitants,
had the precaution not to refill their familiarity, but
to wait With patience their being hived, which was
performed without any injury happening to her, other
than a fling upon the wrift.
Sotne days ago we mentioned the arreft of a perfon
in Whitflable. The following are fome particulars I
relative to the affair :—Mr. Sanders brought the per-
fon and his parcels to the town in his waggon; a
parcel was left behind; and Mr. Sanders, feeing the
name of Hall on it, delivered it to Mr. Hall, the
Mailer of the Cuftom Houfe-boat, who, on examin-
ing it, found it contained newfpapers and letters di-
rated to the French coaft. He confulted with Mr.
Baldock, the other Revenue Officer Rationed there ;
and they very properly determined on detaining the
paffenger—whom they found at the Bear and Key
public-houfe ; from whence, in the candy of a con-
ftable, they removed him to Mr. Baldock's honfe,
where he took the opportunity of throwing away his
pocket book, which" was found the morning after be
had departed kir town by Mrs. Baldock, who fent it
after him ; and on Saturday morning Mr. Sanders
and his fon were arrefted and brought to London.
BLACRSVALL CANAL.—An unlucky accident hap-
pened at this place yelierday, which• might have been
productive of great calamity, but happily no lives
were loft. The cue from Blackwall to Liinehoufe,
intended to carry velfels directly through, without go-
ing round by Greenwich, had been nearly finifhed,
and was to have Iste,h opened with great pomp on the
tath of Augult next.—Yeflerday forenoon, about
twelve o'clock, being near high tide, while a nutnber
of people were at work at the extremity next thc Ri-
ver. they were fuddenly alarmed by a noife,
and the appearance of water entering from below.—
Scarcely had they time to make a precipitate retreat,
when the outward dam bull with aflonifhing vio-
lence, and what a minute before was dry land, was
inftattly covered with twelve feet of water : the fe-
cond dam, about so yards farther on, compored of
logs of wood, twelve inches thick, befides a ftrong di-
agonal log, by way of bar, was in like manner forced
by the current ; and this amazing bong bar fnapped
in two, as if it had been a piece of lath. The Canal
was immediately tilled, at far as the fecond Rood ?ate
next to Limehoufe, which being flan, happily refilled
the force of the current. Confiderable injury has
been dcne to the banking and mafon work at the ex-
tremity, as well as at the firft lock, great part of the
abutments on each fide having been carried away.
CORONER'S Itozyarr.--George Hodgfon, Ef.;. one
of the Coroners fot the County of Middlefez, ytfler-
day evening at feven o'clock, returned his Court of
Inquiry into the caufe of the death of _Michael Lennn
who expired, after lighting
.a pitched battle for half:
a-guinea, with Dennis Dillon. The Court was
again held at the Cannon tavern, the corner of Car-
burton.fireet, Portland.road. The evidence of yet- '
terday was repeated to the Jury, and in addition to
it they had the tellimony of Mr. Charles Lane, of
Carburtonßreet, furgeon, who examined the body '
of the deceafed in company with Mr. Reeve. of '
Great Portland-ftreer, furgeon. The fubllance of his
evidence was, that they had been employed about
three hours in the examination, and that, upon the
mug minute obiervation that could poffibly be made 1
it did not appear that there was any injury done to
the vifcera or the thorax, neither WAS there any ex-
travafated blood within the head, fuch as would have '
been the cafe if a blood veftel had burft. Upon the
whole, he conceived that the lofs of life mutt have
been occafioned by fome injury done to the nervous
fyllem, or elfe by a violent concuffion of the brain,
which might have arifen either from great exertion
of palm or from repeated heavy falls, in whichcafes
there might not be any mark upon the fubjed from
which a profeftional man could form a decided opi-
nion. Blli, from the evidence which he had heard
of the fight, which was fworn to have taken place,
ht had no doubt that it was from tome circumltance
that had taken place during that affray that the de-
ceafed came by his death._
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The Coroner repeated his admonitions to parilh
officers in general, to provide a furgeon in filch cafes
as the preterit, but added, that it did not appear to
him that in the intlance then before the Jury, there
appeared to have been any thing of culpability in the
officers. He then acquainted the Jury, that in his
opinion where there was a premeditated defign be-
tween the parties to commit a breach of the peace,
and where that violation of law terminated fatally to
one of them, with the additional confideration that
it was a prize fight, in which each had money as an
inducement to do an injury to the other t in fuch cafe
he thought the ad of the one man who killed the
other, was clearly murder. If they thought other.
wife, however, they would fay fo.
But of this the Jury had not the lea doubt, and
immediately gave a verditit of—Wilful Murder, by
Dennis Dillon.

LAW INTELLIMINCL

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HIGH COURT OW ADOIIIIALTT.YeIIerdaT the
Right Hon. Sir W. Scort proceeded to the adjudi-
cation of the following cafes :

Eugenics and Merl6a, ifolwig esafter.—.This vdfd, with a
cargo of wine, brandy, and cork, on a voyage from Bourdeaux to
Embden. was captured on tke cpth of June lA, by the private
chip of war Hart. Aaron G. Bicwett, Commander. and brought
to Plymouth.—Ship and cargo roftored.
Johanna Thant, Ofteris matter.—This veffel, laden with a
cargo of wine and brandy, on a •oyage from Liboumc to, Erni).
den. was captured by his Makfty's (hip Cruizer, John Hancock,
Efq. Commander, and bronht to Yarmouth. Ship and cargo
condemned.

Minerva, Buy maffer.—This weird, with a earyro of the fame
Jefcriptinn, was captured by the private (hip of war Lord Neb.
fon. W. Crowte, Commander, aud brought to Plymouth. Snip
and cargo condemned.

Henrietta, Kotzenberg meter. In this cafe further proof was
direded as to [hip and cargo.
Vrow Catharina, Jacob mater.—Further proof diredied.
The Mars, Murfey mater.—This American veffel, with a
cargo of various merchandize, was captured in the profecution of
her voyage by bit; Majcfty's thip of war Naiad, T. Ovular:, Efq
Consosauticr, aud brought to Plymouth. Ship and cargo con-
demned.

. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 24.

EURTS.SE AND OTHERS H•P.R130,4 AND OTHERS.
G Mr. ARROW Rated this to be an attion upon a bill
of exchange for 60061. svith interelt, drawn by one of
the firm of the hoofe of the Dectndacts.

Some difficulties occurred in this cafe on account
of its wanting the proper (tamp. being only two
'Wings, whereas the !aft Ad of Parliament on that
fnbjed required two thillings and eiglitpence: but
Plaintiffs' cafe was faid to be capable of being fu,p
potted on the money counts, independent of the bill
of exchange, but it was agreed, that the whole matter
be referred to an arbitrator, is ho was to take the ac-
counts as they flood between the patties, as if no ob-
jedian.had been made to the !tamp, dc.—Verdid for
Plaintiff—Damages to,oool. fubjed to an /*Wan,.

LEICKFIFLD y. ARGELANDER.

This was an action brought by the Captain of a
fhip which conveyed a cargo of Timber from Memel
to Liverpool, fur demurrage for 24 days, at the rate
of 51. per day. The charter party covenanted that
the cargo lhould be landed at Liverpool, free of ex.;
pence, in twenty running days, and gave a demur-.
rage of 51. per day for every after day which the
vellel might be detained.
The Defendant alledged, that the Plaintiff having
refolved to reinain at I.iverpool during the winter.
had agreed to keep the Defendant's timber on board
his veffel till he fhould require it. He alfo (hewed
that the Plaintiff hid been fo confcious of the exit•
tence of an underfianding to this effedt, that at one'
time he had been ready to accept of acd. in lien of
his prefent claim.
No agreement to this effelf, farther than the offer
to accept of the 201. on refufal of which the Plaintiff
reverted to his legal demand, being proved—the
Jury found for the Plaintiff, agreeably to the provifo
in the Charter Party.—Damages toll. making with
151. paid into Court, the whole fum claimed of r so'.
J. C. CROSS, MEI, AND ANOTHER, V. SMITH •ND

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This atlion was brought on a bond of wool.
asinit the Defendants, who are executors of John
Grierfon. The Defendant Smith pleaded, that he
had adminifiered all the effefts prior to the notice of
loch bond ; the Defendant Munt pleaded that he did
receive affets to the amount of 4781.; that he wafted
this property, that he became bankrupt, and obtain-
ed his certificate.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL admitted the bank
reptcy and certificate of Munt, and obferved, that
the whole queltion would depend upon the due or
undue adminifiration of Smith. This perfon had
received the money which had paired into the hand%
of his co-executor Munt, and had delivered it over
to the latter. It was determined, that if two cams-
lots give a receipt, and one only receives the money,
the one not receiving it is not anfwerable to legatees,
but he is refponfible to creditors. In the zd Brown's
Chancery Reports, the cafe was flared of Sadler v.
Hobbs, which (hewed, that if one executor put the
money into the hands of the other, the one, fo re
pofing confidenceo had It lb his power to fecure the
effeels, and was thus rendered liable.
Mr. GARROW, for the Defendant, CAW, lie had no
objeflion to fubmit the cafe to the conlideration of the
Court in the enfuing term. Churchill v. Lady Hob-
Gm, in Ifl Peere Williams, 24r, was, however, di•
reelly oppofed to the law Rated by his Learned
Friend. Goodwin and Churchill were co-executors
of Sir Charles flobfon. A fum of cool. from the
effefts of the eflate, was paid into the hands of Good-
win, who was a principal banker in high credit, and
for the amount a joint receipt was given by Churchill
land Goodwin. Goodwin failed, and the money was
loft.; and the queftion was, if Churchill were r;:-
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fponfible? It was held, that the teftator had placed
Iconfidence in Goodwin in his life-time; that, after
his death, he made this perfon executor ; and that
Churchill, who had repofed the fame Confidence in
Goodwin, was not liable.
It was affented to by the Counfel on both fides,
that a cafe with thefe, and force other collateral
fafts, fhould be fobtnitted to the Learned Judges of
the Court ; and for this purpofe, a Verdiet was en-
tered for the Defendant Munt, and for the Plaintiff,
againft the Defendant Smith, Tubjee to the deternai.
Ination of the Court, on the cafe to be.prepared.

HARRISON ANDOROSS d. CHARLIS AND JOHN MILWARD.
The Plaintiffs are Merchants, the Defendants are
whnfe works were eflablifhed at Bromley
near Bow, and which were deftrored in April laft by
fire. This action was brought on a contra& for Soo
lacks of wheat meal, and 7o lacks of middlings, for
which two bills were given, the one nn the toth of
December, for tap'. the other on the 24th of the
fame month for 4441.
Mr. GARROW Paid, that this corn was to be deli-
vered on board, free of expence, in the River ; that
the Defendants had long (ince received the full pay-
ment in anticipation, and after they had got the mo-
ney in their pockets, he underflood the defence was
to be, that the corn of the.Plaintiffi waa burnt, and
that in confequence, they were to receive no effects
for their bills. It feemed only neceffary to (hew,
that the money was paid, to recover the amount from
the Defendants. After the witneff.s were called,
The Swamp' GIN UAL fail, that this was a cafe
of great importance, and of tome Angularity. The
bills were drawn by the Defendants upon the Plain.

tiffs, were accepted by the latter, and on the face
r the bills gas written For value received in meal."
It would be proved, that the Defendants did fet
apart the exalt quantity of corn (hied in the con-
traft, and that at to remained until the moment af
the fire, when the whole was confumed. The wit-
neffes having Withdrawn,
Lord ELLIIIIBOROUGH faid, " The Defendants al,.
pear to have dealt with the quantity alledged to be
fet apart for the pnrpofe of this contraa, jail as if it
was their nun. It is the moll unlike an afirittios
of any thing I have ever seen, and is jun enough to
inform us, that fomething was done towards the con-
trail. I hope this will be a warning to Gentlemen
not to pay their money beforehand, for in (*Lich a
cafe contrafts are generally very ill executed. The
eontraa, in this intlance, is not performed, and the
quellion is, therefore, as to the amount of the da-
mages. The Plaintiffs demanded the pet formance in
the manth of May, and the proper mncie of efiim 1.
tion is probably by the value of the fubjea matter cf
the contraa at that period. I think interell might if,
be charged on the Defendants from that time, ani
this intetelt may be calculated up to the loth of No-
vember next, when the Plaintiffs will be entitled to
execution. Perhaps the price, at the time adverted
to, was fifty-four (billings. Gentlemen of the Jury,
you are perfealy competent to form an accurate
judgment on the fubjeCt, and I have no doubt you
will do iußice between the parties."—Verdia for the
Plaintiffs, 15371. los.