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Captain Smentirr,
mirsity this morning,
LtNowodn and Admiral
the former are dated-the
sail of the line and
the harbour of Toulon,
would come out next da
The dispatches from
intelligence given in a

having passed the Sierra
feated the Spaniards.
is within a short distance

bens of the Junta have disappeared. Art,
had been made for blowing up the fortificau.,
of Cadiz, and fifteen sail of Spanish men of war ha
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been got out of the harbour, and were moored tut;
side of the British &et.

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JAMAICA.


The Lady Ai abella packet has arrived at Valmouth;
from Jamaica, after a voyage of about seven weeks.
The letters and papers are to the 24th December.
The fleet, under convoy of the RAINBOW and Rms.
DEER, arrived at Port Royal, (Jamaica) on. the 23d
December. The Windsor Castle packet arrived from
England on the 19th; and the Prince Ernest on the
22d of the same month.
We have already informed our Readers that some
fresh disputes have arisen in Jamaica, between the'
House of Assembly and the Government, occasioned
by the disapprobation expressed by the Into in Coun-
cil, against measures adopted by that Assembly,
breathing a spirit of persecution and subversive of re:
ligious toleration. The Assembly passed eleven Re-
solutions,
by which they determine to withhold the
supplies after the Ist of May next, until, in the words
of the 9th Resolution " the constitution of this colony
as established and acted upon for more than amt,.
fury, be restored, and the rights of the colonial legis4
lature be recognised, to propound, discuss, and pass,:
ni without a suspending clause, all public laws, (not i
consistent with those of England) required for th
preservation of the lives, liberties, and franchises, o
the inhabitants ; the enjoyment their religion, they
protection of property, and all other objects of inter 4
nal policy." i'
The following is the 'Speech of his Grace, the.Gim
vernor, on dissolving the House of AsseMbly hiiiillo,
sequence of the passing of these Resolutions :
" Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and I
of the Assembly,
" The House of Assembly having yesterday some to airesolw
tion for granting the supplies to hi" Majesty's troop in suck terms
that ft appears to me it would be altogether inconsistent with the
dignity of the Crown to accept them, I feel it incumbent on me
to bring this Session to an immediate termination.
" Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly,
it After the solemn pledge which you afforded me at the Sr
ginning of the Session, that I might " rely upon your taking In-
to early consideration the supplies usually granted fbe the Support
of his Majestys Government," I have perceived, with much re.
gret and disappointment, that question postponed until almost
every other public business which could be adjusted has been gone
through. Determined, however, that, as far as lay In my power,
your constituents should not, in any degree, be made the victims
of the want of moderation in your conduct towards his Majesty's
Government, I have passed all the bills which have hitherto come
to me, the immediate want of which might have occasioned in-
jury to the country at large.
" However little your transactions with respect to the supplies
for his Majesty's service have corresponded, not only with your
own assurances as to the time of taking that subject into your con-
sideration, but with "the hopes I have been tempted to indulge con-
cerning the result of your deliberations upon it, I have the satis-
faction of thinking that nothing has been wanting on my part, to
„peatote, as far as I have been able, the real interests of the colony,
which I can never think will be found inconsistent with a due
consideration and respect for his Majesty's Government.
" Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen
of the Asiembly,
" From the decisive manner in which the resolution I have above
alluded to has been adopted. I cannot flatter myself that this House
of Assembly could be induced to resume the consideration of a
question in which the dignity, as well as the interests, of the
Crown are so much involved, with sentiments different from those
which the resolution itself must necessarily imply. I am therefore
unhappily compelled to abandon entirely any hope of that natures
and I must resort (however painfully to myself) to the exertion if
that prerogative which is vested in me, as the representative of
' his Majesty, of dissolving this Assemby; Ido therefore, in hie
Majesty's name, dissolve this General Assembly, and it is hereby 1
dissolved accordingly. .
The St. Jag. de la Vega Gazette of the 16th Decem-
ber, which gives a full account of these proceedings,
' concludes its observations upon them in the following
manner i--,. However much it is to be lamented, that
this his Majesty's most loyal colony should scarcely
have recovered from the effects of a late unfortunate
dispute, before it is again pludged into similar diffi-
culties and dangers; yet, we fully trust, that the
usual firmness of the people of this island syill not be
shaken in the least degree, by any temporary incon-
venience ; but that, with manly '&rfitude, they will
unite with their representatives in resisting to-the ut-
most every attempt that may be made to deprive
them of their birth-rights.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DECEMBER 16.
At a very full meeting of the Commissioners of
Public Accounts, held yesterday at the New Build..,
ings, in Spanish Town, it was resolved to inform his"
Grace the Governor, that in consequence of the dii'.
solution of the Honourable House of Assembly be.
fore the Money Bills were passed, the Board had no.
means of furnishing the subsistence, &c. to his Ma-
jesty's white troops, after the 31st of December next.
Another Resolution directs the Agents-General to
dispose of such stores and provisions as remain un'-.
issued after that day, and to pay over the proceeds to
the Receiver-General, for the use of the public. It
was also resolved, that no money ought to be bor-
rowed for any public purpose until the next meeting
of the General Assembly. '
:The Receiver-General was likewise directed to pay
off £BO.OOO of the public debt.
Writs have been issued for the Election of a new
Assembly, returnable the 24th January, next.
DECIWRIR 23.—0 n Wednesday, at a respectable
meetiag of the freeholders and inhabitants of this
- eity. and Parish, several resolutions were unanimously
passed, expiessivf of the esteem and admiration in
whirl. they hold the late House of Assembly, fcr
their firm aid noble struggle in defence of the lives,
poverty, and liberty. of the inhabitants Othis:eolooy.

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sloop called %._ ,mak' ai discovered
Whiteard Bay ; her crew, consisting of
-00411Mitrawere all drowned.
terva,
P9RTSMOJITH, FEBRUARY 14: •
•kaUed by the Ritwowst with about 20 sail under
•eonvoy from Cadifileci, AFRICAN) SERAPIS,
Cwu, Mad" and MONKEY, for the westward.
• • DEAL, FEBRUARY 14.
Arrived the John Adams, American frigate, from
the Eastward, and sailed immediately for the West-
ward. Came dovin from the River and remain, the
VENERABLE Mid TRIBUNg men of war. Arrived also
from the Rive', theWilliamPitt East Indiaman,With
the Haddirt East Indiaman, and several other ships,
and have sailed for Portsmouth under convoy of the
SPRCULATOR logger. Sailed the TRINCULO sloop of
war.—Wind N.E.•
YARMOUTH, FEBRUARY Is.

Arrived from Heligoland the ActrrE gun-brig,
which sailed from hence on the 7th January with the
Zealous transport, laden with stores, and which is
supposed has foundered at sea, as she lost sight of her
in the night. Put back, with convoy, bound to the
westward, the Paurce of WALES cutter, and HEARTY 1
pm-briit, and remain with the ROEBUCK. Wind
S. W. blows strong.
• CHATHAM, FEBRUARY 14.
The day fixed for launching the Vico is the 21st
inst. and for the CRISEY the 9th of next month ; these
ships are each of 74 guns, one built by Mrs. Ross,
Rochester, the other by Ir.Bittitu.nr, of Frindsbury.
The Saukanu* a uew frigate was taken into dock on
Thursday, to be eopP • the Tuessus is also in
dock to refit ; the &Aid gas also been taken into
dock, butuodiug appearing defective in her bottom,
was put out the next day. Three new frigates are
ordered to be built in this yard, viz. the -BRITON,
OSUMI)°, and Taxinot., The keel of the former is .
abekfly laid en the slip.
FROM• LLOYD'S Lisr.
:fietwosituD, Fasaunai 14.-,Arrived the Took, Vaal
Sailron. SAO, Ann and Elizabeth, Goad% 4ias piptikpi
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A'r.r.: 9 'LAW INTELLIGENCE. ••
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3;, ,VOURT OF, XING'S SEkICH, FEB. 141
u* ae TWALLING O. MAMMY. •
Thirwas action for Board in& Ledgiatfurnished
elt Derendates account, and. at his speeial request
and.ordir. The Plaintiff's.;#44,Koper of. the Belle
Sativag -1)M ;e Inn, Ludgate and the Defendant was
one of Assignees a I litaiwKommission of Bank-
rupt, issued against Mr. llSTStlfts, bookseller. It ap-
peared that the Defendant, &dim' it for the interest ,
of the Creditors to have immediate possession of the
Bankrupt's house,Stc. as an inducement to him to quit,
informed him that he had provided accommodation,
for him, his wife, and son, at the Belle Sauvage Inn,
where they could remain in the mean time. That he
accordingly took lodgings, and also board for the
three, at the Belle Sauvage, from the 9th day of
June, till further notice, and that they continued to
lodge and board there till the 20th of July following.
The claim for their Board and Lodging amounted to
£54, which, at a subsequent meeting of the Creditors,
was deemed extravagant, and, on that occaion, as on
the trial, the Defendant's plea was, that he had or-
dered this as an interim accommodation for the Bank-

rapt and his family, only intending that it should last
for a few days. "
Loid Er.Lesmoaoucn held, however, that having
ordered the Board and Lodging to be furnished till
further order, and having, from whatever cause, omit-
ted to restrict or put an end to that order, the Defen-
dant must be liable.—Damages for the Plaintiff 444,
£lO having been paid into Court.

HOLCOMBE W. HEWSON.
The plaintiff is a brewer in the Maze, and the de-
fendant was servant of a house belonging to the plain-
tiff, called the Dyer's Arms, in Well-street, Maze
Pond s the present action was brought for a breach
of the agreement entered into by the defendant, at
the tinit of taking the house ' by that agreement the
defendant was bound to take all the porter he should
draw of the plaintiff, and in 'default of his doing so,
his rent was to be raised £5O per annum, in addition
to the 456 which he was to pay according to the
:agreement ; and the plaintiff, on his part, was to fur.l
.nish hint with good beer. After a time, however, the
plaintiff discovered that the defendant had the greater
part of his beer from the Maid-lane Brewery. In
defence, several witnesses' were called, to pmve that
the beer supplied by the defendant; was so bad in
ivality, that it could not be drank. This point was
proved to the satisfaction of the Court, and the plain,
tiff was nonsuited.
BRADLEY V. GREGORY.
The plaintiff is a wholesale tea-dealer, and the de/
fendant a grocer : the action was brought to recover
£lOO for tea furnished to the defendant. The de-
fendant's alFairs, it appeared. becoming.embarrassed,
he had offered his creditors a composition of 10s. in
the pound ; which proposition most of the .creditors
acceded to, and amongst them the plaintiff,'who pro•
fessed his intention of using his endeavours to per-
suade those who stood out to agree to it. On the
defendant's attorney afterwards applying to him, to,
sign the release, he declined doing so, and said' he
must consult.his father. He had afterwards delayed
doing it, under several pretences, imam length finally-
refused, and brought his action to recover. the whole
of his demand—seso had been paid intak‘tust by the-
defendant.—His Lordship-being of ilpinlon that die
plaintiff bad bound himself) by his acta„te'xake the'
composition, notwithstanding he had aniumpd to sign •
disc Masai, ;Ito phinsif *mei**. . .•

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—escape of that conversation had led ant ronriimks-
-st with Lord Chat's* sod Lord Castlereagh?—.Arterfhap ern.
versation I committed somearrangementstr paper, and I *as at‘
terwards sate for to bring those memoranda to town, *which
did, and delivered them to Lord Mulgravet the day after m v
returd into the country, I was sent for to wait upon Ldrd
Omit, *lsere I saw Lord Chatham.
I Can you state en what day it was you saw Lord Chatham and
Lind Castlereagh think it svis on the 11th of June ; I act
quite certain it was on the Sunday after the King's Birth-Day.
i Will you state what passed at that interview relative to the Ex.
pedition?--I had an interview before Lord Chatham came in with'
Lord Castlereagh on the subject of the Expedition, and as nearly
!as t can recollect Lord Castlereagh said there was a disposable
force of from thirty to thirty-five thousand mer, and I think, but
Pam not quite certain, that he.had transports ready to einbark
about 10,000, whether it, was 30,000 ton of tranaports ortransJ
ports for 10,000 men I cannot say; we had some gieneralteaversa.;
tion on the subject of the Expedition, and I pressed as much as I
po;sibly could the advanced state of the season; I also expressed
an anxiety that the number of horses should be reduced to as iv*
a'standard as possible; as they take up a great deal of room ; and
•I also submitted that as nfany troops as possible might. be neiv;
barked in men of war, to prevent the Expedition beini'delated
iby transports, as I knew ' • transport* *ere
always the greatest clog
! passed about different istsding•pla!es.
the Island of South Bevehuid, I
of the convenatien,. but that:
my memory has at all failed i
corrected by the Noble Lord
' With what view did you
at the beginning of Junel-.T
I stated the same to my
ought to sail by the Stith br
about the full moon and the

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as emir. 4..4 • • -1"464
is memorandum of an °Sail
mode hi , this Expedition could be Carried ler*
could be referred have already fatted, that d.
some memoranda to Lord Mulgrave on this subject, thcoes24l4fi.
elpally on my ideas of the necessary arrangentent for Ake
IVILion into effect. • • f.
tlie memoranda official papers left with the A , in
mat a way that they would be produced if ordered th I
gave theutto the first Lord. .
Do you consider them as public papers, and not as public me,
imorandas ?--I should hardly conceive them to be private memo-
sands, when I was publicly sent for and examined; there hat been
some doubt whether s return from the first I.ord was official ;
the first Lord desired me to make out my °pinkie, and I was
hound so to do ; and if he had asked me as a public Ofilwrior
as a private Gentleman, I should have equally thought it my duty
to do so.
Was the plan of operations, which was afterwards acted irecn
so far as it was found practicable, communicated to you, Or were
you consulted, upon those final arrangement's tee kitty was
accessary to the arrangements of the Expedition, front bevies
been examined a good deal by the Commanders in Chief of the
'Army and Navy, with respect to My local knowledge ot that
country.
Have you any knowledge of the situation and circumstanceriof
Antwerp and the forts of Lido, and the defences of the Upper
Scheldt I--leras at Antwerp in 1794; I did not take much notice
of the fortifications, as the principal communications I hail were
upon the sea face; I understood then that the works were very
old, and that the ditch was dry in some places, but where litany
do not know; with respect to the fort of Lino, I expensed a
regret In one of the memoranda, that I could not obtain sufficient
Information about that, •and I believe I at the awe dine observ-
ed, that I heard that whenthe Brabinters, in I rig, were ino,dis
down towards LUlo, the,/ did not eNpcmt„ as I understood, any
doubt about getting possession of
Did not the practicability of succeeding in the attempt aeon
'ntwerp, depend very materially upon the bele& able tis waneet
the Fleet above the forts of Lillo ar4ttiLletkenshoeitf-40 preri..
mu answer I stared, that I was conga% open tbe pfactiMbnty of
landing the Army at Santvliet, wIM tnifeeTrelOw
Is the Committee to understand, You were- never coosulied
with, with respect to the attack uprift • the Naval -Arsenals of
Antwerp ?-4 certainly had some coorriesatintfutssa:the =Noss
but as there 12 e,peekUtbility of this pepetjfilitleOdueeeg !Uwe
I shall be excused Sa-yifig ally thing upenilikellalljetti breastatehe
view that Ijiadoti will be etroligt ItieirreertindWpipers ;
if there is the leeittly ahouttlie PlPeres.l will therrAbok at
my own frontakichrhey.were taken,. and I 'will stagy: slistioody
to the Committee all that-Lhant Mid ..weiP the subject; and the
only reams. that the. Indialenet id the Committee at *is
moment is, that I timid be extremely carry to have said any
thing antecedent to the operations having taken place, abet I
would not if asked now ; and if the Noble Lord had stated the
substance of his examination, I would have brarght asy mono •
rinds to the House this e4eninp..
Were you well acquainted with the Ishnd of Walcheren pre-
lines to the sailing•of the Expedition f—As far as I could trust
IRMO any memory from 1794 to the present time, and that [always
in['Vern,
ege you acquainted with the climate of Widcheren, and.the
of the climate upon the inhabitants or upon troupe
that came there 1..4 always knew that it was iubject to agues in
the-Autumn; in 17941 had an ague there litysell in August, but
I do not recollect that many,of the inhabitants were then afflicted
'With that ague, nor,du I think, though that may easily be seen,
duithre a return of the regiments that were therein 1794, that
abief Were by any degree afflicted so Much as the regiments the
dent year.
~phi you state any thing to Ford Castlereagh or Lord Chatham
Intgliipoddetc of she probable Influence 'of the climate upon the
iffelfelllthat season of the year ?—I do not recollect that I stated
notching, but 4. remember that the subject was anticipated by one
of the Noble Lords, I rather think it was bird Mulgraee,mying
'it was an,webealthy place, however that was a circumstance so
wally imewn, thati do not know that I shodd have particu-
larly coned their attention to it, as the subject of their carvers: -
don with me was in .general about local infatuation.
Was that all that rased it thaker au other interview, upon
the subject of the climate believe it was, but I really de nos
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Sierra Morena, and totally'
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I caq atessika,;my i.or,d Mu . ay .Id Otero Was a late .-:
Pd4Pthat pa .tlai --•- Tad 3 `tieTy strong:44i
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qs,, ao firth ~ .' kilAiKivolltd lit' ,l
that; Tli:2:lM7lhaaght• Sat aah 'mY
desirable that. should lee. Iced 11
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one by Ostend and another bff tile Scheldt. •
Were those plans submitted to you fir yo* ionafillaill ,r—
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by transports, as I knew from experlence that transptivt.iiere
always the greatest clog to an Espeditios ;•sestse cesrreesatlon,
passed about different larsding•places, and about the. Morelt across
the Island of South Bevebrid, I do not *affect evaty pert:loor
of the conversation,. but tbat,was the gamd s'9rpartlff',ll:l/
my memory has at all failed me, I tftff be estastn%. • .
corrected by the Noble Lord Who is so'near.use-novi , ,
With what view did you advert to the letZzoii; --.- .
at the beginning of June?-.Because it *es my: . ** *•1 •
I stated the same to my Lord Muir% list • the : .. •,,i,
ought to sail by the 9fith or 27111 of une, Voi that ' 7:.
about the full moms and the longest days,and that we : • ,
if we remained beyond that time, to base to eieowner c
of all difficulties in Expeditions, The element& - • ' ''-'• 0
Were you. consulted with uric any "toe4iliect""illt4
the same subject I-1 saw Lord Wpm nticts7er Mee' •
that ; I believe. once, lust tam not qufte certain. - ' r'.e. ',"
State the substance oriny etsweristiowiista htd p 44lit
Isinigrave teaing the Expedition N—Wheei I Win ' .
Lord hialgrwre, I bdieve Lord Castiersagh Wes " •
the wow iamb which I was partiOstSity,hilusbni
isthe,rwighboortkood ollastaet. Thar
1 lirrtraelphrille *9 ,oja2vi up a , ',. . •on i•
,' could, w-b—weeVoutl i supposed-1 . b., eiFeeted ille
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tip tha . , the ScherdOriakaifisits •-•• .' • ...."- that
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fllgherttrOwilud, I.lMatile,Paltirc
Ces state the substance W. or your vision ' , .".' : ihe
of effectieg 4 landing boar Sintslict 7 - . 1
had Ritas tisoulaa llaik4 that,a 10 *. afeefigl
i there; holfiver• if that paper or li..i4if': - . . it'lle
1 lirodseaff to the committee, my exact • .