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(11toli THE NATIONAL INTELLIORNMR.)
NEW-YORK, JANUARY 11.
We observe that an idea is in circulation in sornel
of the Gazettes, that there is a prospect of an early
accommodation with Great Britain. We wish it may
be founded on any recent indications on the part of
(treat Britain of a disposition to meet the libefal ad-
flames of our Government; but of such a disposition
we have, however, no proof. Of the perseverance of
the United States in their pacific disposition, we have
no doubt that every additional proof will appear
from time to time, that circumstances may render.
proper. We allude more particularly to its being in-
tended, as we learn, to introduce into the Legislature
a proposition for excluding, by law, all foreign sea-
men from the public and private service of the United
States. This will provide for giving effect to any
stipulated arrangement between the two Govern-
ments, which may take place after the adjournment
of Congress, without the delay and inconvenience in-
cident to a special tail for that purpose.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JAN. 11.
After the business of the morning had been dis-
posed of, the House went into a Committee on the
Bill for raising 20,000 men for twelve months. Mr.
Sheffey roses and spoke more than three hours against
the Bill. The Committee obtained leave to sit again,
and the House adjourned.
JANUARY 12.—The House resolved again into a
Committee on the Additional Force Bill, which was
reported, and the Bill ordered to a third reading
without a division.

NEW-YORK, JANUARY 16.
The Virginia Legislatur, have come to a Resolu-
tion, relemng to a Conimittee of the House of Dele-
gates, a proposition for granting to the United States
a loan sufficient for building one sail of the line.

Yesterday the Pains REGENT visited the PRINCESS
CHARLOTTE.
Yesterday morning the Earl of LIVERPOOL had an
audience of the PRINCE REGENT.
We regret to state that the Marquis of BUCKING-.
HAM died on Wednesday' night, at his seat at Stowe
Park. He is succeededin his tides, &c. by his eldest
son, Lord TEMPLE. o 4
The demand for Ticiets in the present Little Lot.
tery is great beyond all precedent, in consequence of
the Public having got all the Capital Prizes, by the
Old Mode of Drawing, in the last Lottery ; the pre-
sent one is to be drawn in the same manner, on Wed-
nesday next.

A Card to Ladies of Fashion and the Fashionable
World at large.—The inimitable LONG STAYS, invented
and manufactured by MARSTON, 24 and 25, Holy-
well-street, Strand, have occasioned considerable asto-

nishment in the circle of Fashion. The unique pro-
perties of the invention, the superlative elegant
style in which they are executed, the matchless taste
and beauty of the article, have excited general atten-
tion.—Ladies about to leave Town are requested to
notice especially an invention highly worthy of their
notice.

At a numerous Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry,
Clergy, and other Inhabitants of the County of Kent,
convened by the High Sheriff, in compliance with a
requisition to him for that purpose, and holden at
Maidstone on Saturday the 6th of February, 1813,
JOHN WELLS, Esq. High Sheriff, in the Chair,
It was Resolved—That a Petition be presented t-w both Houses
of Parliament, against the Cltaims of the Roman Catholics.
And a Petition having been handed to the High Sheriff, and
read from the Chair,
It was Resolved, on the motion of the Hon. John Wingfield
Stratford, seconded by Sir Henry Hawley, Bart.—That the Peti-
tion now read be adopted.
Resolved—That Copies of the Petition be left at the Bell Inn,
Maidstone, for the Signatures of those approving it, until Thurs-
day, the 18th instant.
Resolved—That the Lord Lieutenant be requested to present
the Petition to the House of Lords; and that the Members-for
the County be requested to present it to the House of Commons,
Resolved— l'hat these Resolutions, together with the Petition,
be inserted twice in the several Provincial Papers, and in the
STAR. 'JOHN WELLS,. High Sheriff.
The High Sheriff having left the Chair,

Resolved, on the motion of Sir William Geary, Bart. second-
ed by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart.—That the Thanks of this
Meeting be given to the High Sheriff for his readiness in con-
wining the Meeting, and for his judicious and impartial conduct
In the Chair.
PETITION.

To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Par-
liament assembled,
The Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and other Inha-
bitants of the County of Kent,
HUMBLY suewe•rn,
That your Petitioners are strongly impressed with the great
benefits which accrue to all his Majesty's Subjects from the pro-
ction afforded to them in the free exercise of their various reli-
gious duties; and in the true spirit of Protestant Toleration, they
most ardently wish that such protection should contir to be
exercised in its fullest extent.
But your Petitioners, feeling in the most lively manner the
ties that bind them to the support of this glorious Constitution,
' in Church and State, beg leave to represent to your Honourable
liouse‘ their serious alarm at the persevering Claims of the Ro-
man Catholics to be admitted to the equal enjoyment of Political
Power with the Protestant Subjects of this Itealm.
Your Petitioners are well convinced that the Laws against
popery were enacted not upon Theory, but in consequence of
Perils and Evils actual), experienced; and that the internal
Tranquility which England has, with sonic few exceptions, for
more than a century enjoyed, it, ro be attributed in great mea-
sure to those wholesome restrictions which have preserved its
Councils from the danger 9f any religious animosities existing in
the bosom of the State.
Your Petitioner:, most anxious for the continuance of those
civil and religious Blessings which they owe to the exertions and
sacrifices made by their Forefathers, can never lose sight of the
preservation of them as their first object.
While, therefore, they wish to the Roman Catholics every
*corky which the mild Administration of the Laws will afford,
while they wish then' the free and full enjoyment of religions
Liberty under the State, they cannot but besmear of this Hon.
, House, to take especial care not to remove those restraints by
which theßomaoCatholics are now must wisely prevented from
becoming the State itself.

Convinced as we are that religious Tolerition is, therefore, in
its fullest extent, completely and perfectly enjoyed by all persons
professing the Ref gion of the Romish Church, and a 3 great con-
sessions of a civil nature, consistent with public security, have
lately been- granted to them,
Your Petitioners consider themselves not only justified, but
Impelled by gratitude to the wisdom and bravery of their Ances-
tors, by atiection to their own Posterity, and by every principle
of conscience,, to intreat this Honouraide House not to remove
those Barriers, which have been thus wistly erected in this Pro.
testant Kingdom for establishing the. Alliance between Church
iksAl State,and for guarding against the return of Popery.
And your Petitioners will ever pray.

INT2LLI6ENCE.
MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
Lord ELLIDTBoROUGH and Sir VIC/MT Goys pre-
siding Judges.
Northamptonshire—Monday, March 1, at Northampton.
Lincolnshire—Saturday, March el, Castle of Lincoln.
Rutland—Friday, March 3, Oakham.
City of Lincoln—Same day, City of Lincoln. '
Notdnghamaldrai—Saturday, I Stb, at Nottingham.
Town of Nottingham—Same day, Nottingham.
Derbyshire—Wednesday, 11th, Derby.
Leicestershire—Tuesday, 23d, Castle of Leicester.
Borough of Leicester—Same day, Borough of Leicester.
City of Coventry—Saturday, 29th, City of Coventry.
Warwickshire—Same day, Warwick.

I

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY 11.
ROBINSON v. TOWEL

This was an action on a policy of insurance, tried
before Lord ELLENBOBOUGH at Guildhall, on a vessel
and cargo, at and from St. Petersbursh to this coun-
try. The interest was averred to be in Brandt, Roll,
and Co. Prussian merchants. The vessel was lost,
and a verdict was found for the plaintiff, a point et
law, however, was reserved-for the opinion of the
Court, under the following circumstances :—Messrs.
Brandt and Co. had employed a resident merchant,
named H. Sif kin, to procure a licence for them, and
a licence was accordingly granted to H. Sit kin and
others, for a vessel to sail under any flag, except the
French flag, to sail in ballast, to any port, or ports,
and to take in a cargo, consisting of any commodity
which could legally be imported into this country.—
Uunder this licence the vessel sailed to St. Peters-
burgh, and took in a cargo, but was lost in her pas.
sage to tilis country. The point reserved for consi.
deration was, whether the licence in question was one
which would protect alien property ? and whether it
would cover any interest except that of Sif kin, to
whom it was granted ? It was admitted on the part
of the defendant, that the licence of the Privy Coun-
cil would protect alien property ; but it was conten.
ded, that if it was so intended in the present case, the
intent should have been specified in the margin of the
licence.

The Court this day delivered its judgtnent, which
was, that 41e licence being granted to Silicit), or
others, thereYwas no immediate confinement of Sifkin,
and as there was a permission to sail under any flag,
except the French flag, and to take in a cargo of any
commodities not prohibited by the laws, it must be
in contemplation, at the time the licence was granted,
that it was intended to be used as a protection for
alien property. ' The Court, therefore, confirmed the
verdict for plaintiff.

HODSON v. CHEESEMAN.
This was a similar question, and the verdict for the
plaintiff was likewise affirmed in this case.

HABEAS CORPUS.-.-LOBSTER FISHERIES.
The SOLICITOR GENERAL shewed cause against a
Rule obtained by Mr. Scarlet on a former day, for a
Habeas Corpus to be directed to the Commander of
his Majesty's ship Musquito, directing him to bring
up the bodies of two impressed men. He observed,
this was a question of very considerable importance,
and one on which the Admiralty were anxious to ob.
tain their Lordships opinion. One of the impressed
men was 29 years of age, and had been 16 years at
sea ; the other was 19, and had been six years a sea-
man. The application of his Learned Friend had
beett founded on the Acts of the 15th of George 11.
and the 50th of kis present Majesty ; the first of
which Acts was passed for the encouragement of the
fisheries on the sea coasts and in the navigable rivers
in the kingdom, and by it the persons employed in
fishing were protected. It was, however, in course
of time discovered, that as the winter approached,'
certain sorts of fish retired from the shores into deep
waters, and to encourage the fishermen to persevere,
it was thought expedient to extend the protection to
vessels of a larger size, and those employed in them
in the deep waters and at a distance from the shore.
This Act, it must be clearly apparent to every one,
was intended to protect the fisheries in deep waters.—
The two men in question, however, he should con-
tend, had not been so employed ; they were impressed
on the coast of Heligoland, where they were employed
in the lobster fishery. This fishery was not carried
on in the deep waters, but in the shallows, and after
the vessels had passed the deep waters; neither were
the vessels which went from this country employed in
it, but shallops, taken out for that purpose, in which
only one or two men were employed ; and when these
shallops had obtained a sufficient number of fish, the
larger vessels were dispatched to this country with
them, and, therefore, could only be considered as
having performed a trading voyage. It might, per-
haps, be contended that fishing on the coast of Heli-
goland, that island now belonging to us, was fishing
off the coast of this kingdom ; but this he submitted,
could not be done without violating the very terms of
the Act.

Mr. Justice BAILRY--:" They were certainly fishing
to supply this kingdom with fish."
The SOLICITOR GENERAL—" With submission, my
Lord, it never could be in the contemplation of the
Legislature to protect the coasts of every island which
might be surrendered to us ; and therefore these per-
sons were not protected."

Mr. JERVIS followed on the same side, and con-
tended, that it was not consistent with the policy of
the Act to give it this extended interpretation.
Lord ELL LNitottoccoi.—,, The policy of the former
Act was for ::,e better supplying the London market
with fish, to h educe its exorbitant price, and to protect
the fisheries."

Mr. JEnvte.-.—" Vessels employed in the fisheries,
my Lord ; not vessels transporting fish. This ,was a
trading voyage. If the protection is to extend to
fishing on the coast of Heligoland, they might as
well go to the coast of Labrador, or the East Indies."
Lord ELLENBOROVIII.—." No, Mr. Jervis; the fish
would not come fresh to London. The Londoners
are very fastidious : they would not take the Labra-
dor fish, even though they were salted."
Mr. TOPPING was about to reply, when
Lord ELLENBOROUGII observed, it would be unne-
cessary to :rouble him. The fish described in the Act
must mean fresh fish, not salted. The first Act only
protected the vesseli employed on the coast of the
kingdom. The Act of his present Majesty extended
to the deep waters; and larger vessels were allowed
to be employed. The fisheries of the kingdom must
be understood to mean those fisheries, the produce of
which centered in the metropolis, or in the kiitgcli m
at large. Lobsters centered here, and were not for
sale elsewhere ; and the protection of the Act was
catainly intended to extend to all the fislteries, the

produce of which could be brought fresh into the
kingdom.
Mr. Justice La BLANC and Mr. Justice BAILEY de-
dared themselves to be of the lame opinion.
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL.-My Lords, T trust your
Lordships will not think this a fit case in which to
bring an action against us. We have been threatened
with one."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.•••" Certainly not; it was a
very fit question for inquiry."
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL.-" Your Lordship's opi-
-1 mon being known, the men will be discharged imme-
diateiy without a writ."

It is understood that Justice Gaols has retired
from the King's Bench on a pension, and that Justice
Gums is to go to the King's Bench from the Com-
mon Pleas. It is not yet fixed who is to be the new
Judge.
It appears from a return from the Six Clerks'
Office, laid before Parliament, that the number of
bills filed in the Court of Chancery, in the year 1810,
was 1706—in 1811, 1938—and in 1812, 2055.
At the last Assizes for the County of Kent, one
Wm. Hall, a fisherman, at Folkstsne, was convicted
before Lord Chief Jt,stice ELLENBOROUGHt upon an
indictment, charging him with furnishing a boat to
three French prisoners, who had broken their parole
from Ashborne, in Derbyshire, to enab!e them to cross
the channel ; and for this offence Hall was, in the
following Michaelmas Term, sentenced by the Court
of King's Bench to two years' imprisonment, and to
pay a fine of £5O. These prisoners had travelled in
post-chaises from Ashborne, and the post-boy named
John Edwards, who had driven them to Folkstone,
from the Royal Oak at Ashford, kept by one James
Potts, was subpoenaed, to give evidence of this fact.
Edwards, however, thbttght fit not to obey the sub-
poem, for which contempt he was prosecuted, and
' by the Court of. King's Bench has been sentenced, in
addition to an imprisonment of two months which he
lhas already undergone, to be further confined for the
space of six calendar months, in the County gaol at
Maidstone.

Friday last a Court-martial was assembled to try 2d
Lieutenant ARTHUR, R. M. belonging to the Asou-
KIR, for unofficer-like and unjustifiable conduct to Mr,
MOFFAT, Master of the Grant Transport, in Hosely
Bay, where the said Lieutenant had been sent with a
party of marines, in charge of French prisoners bound
to Leith; the Court was of opinion that the conduct
of 2d Lieutenant ARTHUR was highly unjustifiable
and unofficerlike, and did adjudge him to be dismissed
his Majesty's service.
BOW-STREET.—Yesterday Henry Johns, lately a sub-
sorter of letters in the Post Office, and Mrs. Griffiths,
charged on suspicion of stealing letters containing
bank-notes, were placed at the bar; when, by con-
sent of the Solicitor to the Post Office, they were dis-
charged, the evidence to be produced against them
not beingconsidered sn fficient to bring home conviction.
DRURY-LANZ THEATRE.--LaSt night, after The
Clandestine Marriage, the new Farce of The Absent
Apothecary was submitted for a second trial, and we
have seldom witnessed a more impartial jury. The
songs of Mr. BANNISTER, Mr. JOHNSTONE, and MISS
KELLY, were encored, yet all their exertions were in-
sufficient to support The Absent Apothecary. At the
commencement of the second act, the disapprobation
became predominant, and before the first scene closed,
was so loud and general, as to prevent the continu-
ance of the performance. After much noise, and
cries of 4,4 Off, ;No more, no more!" Mr. RAYMOND
came forward, and when silence was at length ob-
tain•d, addressed the audience nearly as follows :
" LADIES AND GENTLEMILNOD the part of the Managers
I have only to entreat an impartial hearing." (Load cries e Hear
him, hear him ! Of,off..f, no wore, go more)
Tranquillity being restored, he proceeded—
" LADIVI AND GENTLEMEN—In the coarse of the perfor-
maace of this Piece last night, some parts tacked general laugh-
ter, while other parts met with disapprebadon. (rer, yes / No
wore, no wore ! ) The Piece has since been considerably curtailed,
and we hoped we had omitted those parts which were con-
demned. (CrierNo,so ! Omitted nothing I No more! No more ! )
I have only to entreat in your candour and justice, that you will
hear it to the end. (Loud and reiterated trier of Hear, hear ! No,
no ! No more, no were which continued for OINK time.) if you
should then disapprove—submitting to your better judgment,
the Piece shall be withdrawn."
This address had the desired effect ; the piece was
heard to the end,- but not without some smothered
marks of disapprobation ; and, at the close, the ver-
dict of condemnation was decisive. Mr. RAYMOND
again came forward, and silence being with difficulty
obtained, said,
" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.-.-I respectfully await your judg-
ment."— Here the cry of " Off, ef, off! No more, no wore! war
more general than ever.)
At length Mr. RAYMOND announced the favourite
Farce of Hit or Misr, as a substitute for the con-
demned Farce. This was received with universal
applause.
The following Song was most whimsically sung
by Mr. JOHNSTONE :
From great Londonderry, to London so merry,
My own natty self in a waggon did ride ;
In London so frisky, folks ride In a whiskey;
At Connaught they carry the whiskey inside;
I jump'd from the waggon, and saw a Green Dragon;
I spy'd a Blue Boar when !tuned to the South;
At the Swan with Two Throttles I tippled two bottle','
And bother'd the beef at the Bull and the Mouth.
Ah ! Paddy, my honey, look a'ter your money,
'Tis all botheratioa from bottom to top.
Sing diddero daisy, my jewel be aisy,
This London, agrah! is the devil's own shop.
The great City Wax-work was all a mere tax-work,
A plan to bamboozle me out of my pelf.
Says I, Mrs. Salmon, cup none of your gammon,
Your figures are no more alive than yourself.
I ax'd an old Quaker the way to Long-acre;
With thee and with thou he so bother'd my brain,
After fifty long sallies through lanes and blind alleys,
I found myself trotting in Rosemary-lane.
Ab ! Paddy, &c.

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At night, 0 how silly, along Piccadilly
I wander'd, when up comes a beautiful dame;
lluzza ! says the Lady, how do you do, Paddy?
Says I, Pretty well, Ma'am, I hope you're the same;
A great hulking fellow, who held her umbrella,
Then gave me a terrible thump on the nob,
She ran away squalling, I " Watch ! watch !" was bawling;
The devil a watch was there left in my fob.
Ah ! Paddy, my honey, look a'ter your money,
'1 it all botheration froniabottom to top.
Sing diddero daisy, my jtwel, be shy,
This London, agrah! is the devil's own shop !

AMERICAN PAPE,
(Received this Months.:
(ntoht Tllli NATIONAL INTELL
NEW-YORK, JANUARY
We observe that an idea is in cir
of the Gazettes, that there is a pro
accommodation with Great Britain.
• be founded on any recent indication
, Great Britain of a disposition ;o me
• 'games of our Government; but of 1
we have, however, no proof. Of tb
the United States in their pacific disi
no doubt that every additional pi
from time to time, that circumstai
proper. We allude more particular]
tended, as we learn, to introduce int
a proposition for excluding, by law
1 men from the public and private serf
States. This will provide for givi
stipulated arrangement between t
xnents, which may take place after
of Congress, without the delay and
cident to a special call for that pure
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVI
After the business of the morni
posed of, the House went into a C
Bill for raising 20,000 men for twel
Sheffey rose, and spoke more than tl
the Bill. The Committee obtained]
and the House adjourned.
JANUARY 12.—The House resol
Committee on the Additional Forc
reported, and the Bill ordered to
without a division.
NEW-YORK, JANUAR'
The Virginia Legislature have c
Con, referring to a Cominittee of tl
gates, a proposition for granting to
a loan sufficient for building one sa
Yesterday the Pains REGENT vi
CHARLOTTE.
Yesterday morning the Earl of I
audience of the PRINCE REGENT.
We regret to state that the Mar
Ham died on Wednesday' night, at
Park. He is succeededin his tides,
son, Lord TEMPLE. 44
The demand for Ticifets in the
eery is great beyond all precedent, i
the Public having got all the Capil
Old Mode of Diawink, in the last ]
sent one is to be drawn in the same
nesday next.
A Card to Ladies of Fashion al
Worldat large.—The inimitable Lox
and manufactured by MARSTON,
I well-street, Strand, have occasioned
nishment in the circle of Fashion.
• perties of the invention, the su
style in which they are executed, tl
and beauty of the article, have excit
tion.—Ladies about to leave Town
notice especially an invention high]
notice.
At a numerous Meeting of the I
Clergy, and other Inhabitans of the
• convened by the High Sheriff, in c
requisition to him for that purpo
. Maidstone on Saturday the 6th of
I JOHN WELLS, Esq. High Sheriff, in
It was Resolved—That a Petition be pre'
of Parliament, against the Cl,aims of the R.
And a Petition having been handed to t
read from the Chair,
It was Resolved, on the motion of the
Stratford, seconded by Sir Henry Hawley,
tion now read be adopted.
Resolved—That Copies of the Petition li
Maidstone, for the Signatures of those appri
day, the 18th instant.
Resolved—That the Lord Lieutenant be
the Petition to the House of Lords; and t
the County be requested to present it to the
Resolved— lint these Resolutions, togett
be inserted twice in the several Provincia
STAte. JOHN WE]
The High Sheriff having left ti
Resolved, on the motion of Sir William
ed by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart.—That
Meeting be given to the High Sheriff for h
t wining the Meeting, and for his judicious at
in the Chair.
PETITION.
To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritu
• the United Kingdom of Great Britain
liament assembled,
The Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Clerj
• bitants of the County of Kent,
HUMBLY SUEWETH,
That your Petitioners are strongly impri
•
benefits winch accrue to all his Majesty's Si
ti ction afforded to them in the free exercise
1 gious duties; and in the true spirit of Protes
most ardently wish that such protection sh
exercised in its fullest extent.
But your Petitioners, feeling in the mos
ties that bind them to the support of this
' in Church and State, beg leave to represent
Idouse‘ their serious alarm at the perseverin
man Catholics to be admitted to the equal et
i Power with the Protestant Subjects of this I
Your Petitioners are well convinced tha
popery were enacted not upon Theory, bu
Perils and Evils actual)? experienced; ar
' Tranquility which England has, with sonic
more than a century enjoyed, is to be attri
sure to those wholesome rotrictions whit'
Councils from the danger 9f any religious a:
the bosom of the State.
Your Petitioner:, most anxious for the
civil and religious Blessings which they owe
• sacrifices made by their Forefathers, can n
preservation of them as their first object.
While, therefore, they wish to the Rot
tecurity which the mild Administration of t
while they wish then' the free and full en
Liberty under the State, they cannot but b
, House, to take especial care not to reimy
which theßomanCatbolics are now must as
becoming the State itself.
Convinced as we are that religious Toler;
t its fullest extent, completely and perfectly t
professing the Ragion of the Romish Chun
sessions of a civil nature, consistent with
lately been-granted to them,
Your Petitioners consider thetuselvea no
Impelled by gratitude to the wisdom and hr
tors, by atiection to their own Posterity, ai
of conscience, to intreat this Honouratie
those Barriers, which have been tints wisti)
testant Kingdom for establishing the Alija
stud State,and for guarding against the rett
And your Petitioners will eve