The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-15 00:00:00

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W. Allen, ()!d Jewry, tailor, Nov. 19, 25, Dec. 26, at
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Lame, Lawrence Ponotery-bill.
E. Wakeling, Clare, suffeilk, brewer, Dec. $, 9, 96, at
Guildhall, London. Attorney, Mr. Haman, Wine-ufice-
enort, Fleet-street.
T. Harland, Dungerfard. Berk:. dryer, Nov. 20, 30,
Dee. 26, at, Guild Jail, London. A tturuey , Mr. Crosse, New
R. Smith. Budge-row, London, victualler, Nov. 18. 28,,
Dec. 16, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. T. Bennett.
lanr.
J. Chapman, Pavement, Moortipi&,,,hoefoaker, Nnv.4l,
25, Dee. 96, at tiuddnall. Attorney, illr. Wild, -Warwick-
square, Neneate-sttret.
R. Frerbal: u and J. Willem, Qttees-street,Cheapside, w are-
housemen. Nov. 18, 14, Dec. at Guildhall. Attornies,
Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Illa,.1&4, Old Jewry.
I)IVIDENDS.
Dee. 12. R. Dean, tavent.keeer, Kew-bridge.—Dac.l2.
J. -Freetnantle, J.llratido Jn. sad J. Defornseaut, King-street,
Doswell-street, iron-fouoders.—Jan. 99. E. Peon, Leather-
lane, oil nr.tl eninurnuut.---Jan. 9. T. %Arena:A ;. Brown,
Go:mell-streenhlue-rnanufaeturers.—IDee. 8. 51.(inutd,l)ie-
klehorrh. NortOlk, woollen-dr:var.—Der. 11. W. Carelest,
Firewood, Itnenrd, stork-Inck-maker.--Der. 6. S. Lomat,
Tonice.Laneaster,victualler.—Dee.s. W. Mullen-, Cn r- halloo,
hullder.—Dec. 4. W. Milhurtt, Rcss, Hereford, innholder.—
Dec. S. B. Wn:ol and G. Payo, Literpo d, wholesale ern-
e:•rs.—llee.S. S. Walking's), Liverpool, British maineac-
tarer.—Jua. 97. J. Tyrrell, Nlaidstont, ironmonger.—Dec.
30: R. Banks, Eltkam. Kent, victualler.—Jan. 13. C.
Knowlton, Bristnlelincn-draper.—Vec. 5. W. Vamdell,
Hartley-row, Hams, coach-maker.—Dec. 5. W. Ramsay,
Bury Si. Edmunds, dealer.—Dee. I?. W. W. Young, A her-
disant Mill. Glamorganshire' miJer.—Dee. 6. W. William-
son, Gringloy on the Hill, NoitinghismAire, corn-factor.--
Dec. 6. E. Browne. Liverpool, tea dealer.

We understand Caere is A pioject in contempt*.
titan to form a line of water communication he.
tweets the Bristol Channel and the English Chan.
Del.
The honourable and ancient office of High
Steward of the city of Bristol, vacant by the
death of his Grace the Duke of Portland, re-
' mains yet *indisposed of. Some say the Body
Corporate, in whose gift it is' intend to offer it to
the Duke of Norfolk.
Extract of a letter from Cadiz, dated Oct. 30:
—" Weyer *lteration will take place, it is an
undoubted fact that some very important changes
will soon occur in the Government here, and we
ace now in a condition in which It may be said that
r any ilinage would be for the better. Worse the
alfairs of this country could not have been con.
ducted. 'l'ne Junta remains• itrictive at S villa.
Why they are so, they best knew themselves ;
but while they sleep, calumny is awake. .The
Marquis of Wellesley has already delayed his de-
parture for some time, and a longer period is ex-
pected to elapse before he takes his departure for
England. But after. all, the alterations may be
only talked of to quiet the people. The main part
of the Government is adverse to any change.—'
With good rulers, the Spanish people are capable
of doing any thing, and it may nut be long ere
you see what they can perform. We tope at least
that the Marquis De La Hoinana, who possesses
the love and confidence of Spain, will he placed
at the bead of the Juntat and that three or four of
the Members will he displaced. On our army,
thank Heaven, we can as yet rely ; though they
have been beaten, they are not conquered. In the
capital the enemy is feared and h.rted.
The following is inserted from the Cork Pa.!
leers Extract of a letter from Brigadier-den.
" YOU will see by the rapers what
we are ahnut in Spain, and probably hear of the
credit gained by our friends, the Fusileers. I as- i
sure you there was not enough said of them; they
all behaved nobly. Sir W. NI YERS and Acuslove
have immortaliz.d themselves. When the regi-
ment was hard pressed, they took the colours
from the subalterns.that carried them, and con-
firmed the men in.thcir resolution to defend them,
until the bid regiment came to their support,
when those two little corps (net 500 ravel each),
charged Sae vieriast's column, drove them mitt,
and took 17 pieces of cannon. Sie W. NI YEW§ is
the only son of the lot;; highly respected Lieute-
nant-General of that name, who died when Win.,
mender Chief in the %Vest ladies."
Doer.aes.—A great number of counterfeit tlol.
leis, we at. told, are in circulation in and *boat
Falmouth. A hag, containing 100 of them, was.
found on hoard the Princess Elizaisclh packet
lately at Lisboa', and is now in the possession of
a gentleman at Falmouth. It is believed thot
they were manufactured for the Lisbon market.
They are well executed, though the impression
is rather too faint ; of the date of 179-1,, made of
cooper or base metal, silvered over, and are 2
dw's and 3 grains lighter than the real dollar.—
Th.. Bankers, &c. at Falmouth, now weigh all
they take.
The following extraordinary article we extract
from a Dublin Paper :
" At the late Commission of Oyer and Terni-
ner, a conviction for murder took place under.
very .nncommou circumstances : Four fellows,
viz. John Synnot, Jarner Coughs, Christopher
Finnigan, awl Shears, went out with an
avowed intention to rub ; they met a jaunting-car,
which they commanded to stop ; on the driver
alighting, he was recognised by the gang as an old
acquaintance and friend, and *while a general greet-
ing was going on, a pistol in the kind of one of
the party went off and killed one of his comps.,
nions, upon which another of them exclaimAl with
a curse, that he had often warned him (the per-
son in whose hand the pistol was) that it would du
mischief some time or other, as it was apt to go
off at half-cock.
Upon this evidence the Jury, according to the
old principle of law, which makes an homicide
committed in the prosecution of a felony, Muir.
der, found the prisoners Guilty, and they were
sentenced to be hanged.
"It is said, • with what truth we know not,
that his Grace the Lord Lieutenant, on reading a
newspaper report of this trial, was so struck with
the singularity of the case, that he sent for Chief
Justice Downes, with whom he communicated on
the subject. The men were, for the present, res.
pited, and the Chief Justice laid the matter before
tie other Judges, who, upon debate, as we un.
derstand, agreed, by a majority of seven to four,
that as it was probable that upon recognizing their
friend, the intention of the party to commit rob.
bery had ceased, the subsequent accidental homi.
side could not' bu said to amount to murder, and

they have therefore recommended that the convicts
should be pardoned on condition of Wins trans.
normd fur lift."


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JOHN' BULL PRIVATEER.
Extract of of a Letter fro% Captain John Tregowetk late Com-
' mauder or the Jetta Bull, or 1'1)1,104, t.' his °riper. 1
" Hospital at Dieppe, Litt Oct. 1809.
t' Ste—This will inform you, the after sailing
from Plymouth, in the cutter under my command,
, with 36 men, un Sunday the 10th ult. I proceeded
off the entrance of Murlaix River, but by 1.9-
peotedly chasing to the N. E. I was on Tuesday
following. off Portland, on which day I spoke
the ship 'Pomona, from St. Kill's to London, with
sugar, rum, &e. having parted with the West.
India fleet three weeks before, and tke same after-
noon spoke a brig from Mogadore to London.
The night was chiefly calm, and on the following
morning, the 13th, at ei.tht .1- M. Dunesse bore,
per compass, N. N. E. about three leagues, wind
W. I stood off with the ship's head to the N. and
1.1 at 11 A. M. saw two lugger' in the southern
quarter; reeding to the northward, under all sail,
there being at the same time several sail of mer.
chantmee passing up Channel in-shore, two sail
of which I believe to be the above-mentioned Yes.
sets I before spoke, and by the tuggers' reartnetvres
their intention was to capture them, for' they did
not appear desirous of having any thing to du
with the John Bull; but, notwithstanding my
being aware of the superiority of their force, it
was impossible fur me, as a British Officer,
who studied the honour of my Country, to
prevent giving the enemy battle, as none of our
cruisers were to be seen, and night coming on,
there was every probabilitrof their capturing
some of the merchantmen then around us, had I
permitted them to proceed unmolested ; the John
Bull being to windward, and a-head of the largest
of the tuggers, the Isle of Wight, then bearing
N.W. about nine leagues, I cleared for action at
one P. M. and bore down (the other lugger tacked
and stood to the southward); at forty minutes past
three P. M. When within a plain shot, I hauled my
wind and began the 'lotion, but owing to the su-
perior saiiiiig of the lugger, there was nu possibi-
lity to prevent her closing with us, as I could dig-
ecru, from the number of nice at small arms, their
intention of boarding us, and had the whole of my
crew behaved themselves as British seamen, ne;
should undoubtedly have compered then; but as.
their musketry galled us much, sixteen of my crew
cowardly abandoned their quarters, and fled be_ ,
low; there t; as then no time to be lost in flrivirg ',
them up, and no alternative kft but to fight on ;o 1
a man ; the enemy had on beard 87 men, 4U of
whom,l since understand; were stationed at small
arms, 40 were appointed to board, and the remain-
der worked the vessel.
e.
" 1 had then to defend the John Bull with 161
men ; the remaining four were required at the
magazine galley and helm, those who had deserted
their quarters at the early pert of the action being
still below. In this state I was the first wounded
by a musket Shot through my left shoulder, and I
again in the back part of my head; twelve out
of my 1G brave fellows fell before the Frenchman
boardeeleff, for they were, until then, successively
repulsed and driven back to their own ship. The
British flag was not haisJeti down by any of my
crew; on the contrary, some of my .wounded goti
forward, and let fire to the cut:cr, which nearly '
had the desired• effect, for it was with lineally
put out by the maw of the lugger. The action
lasted one hour and twenty minutes : the enemy
succeeding iu boarding us at five P. M. and, on
1 g' tting possession, I expected they would give us
no quarter, as they stabbed Mr. es:. Wright, my
I second officer, in the body with a puignard, of '
which wound he died on the Friday following ;
they would not permit my surgeon to dress any of
the wounded; all of us, therefore, became faint
with the loss of blood; we were plundered of
every article we possessed ; but the cowardly
wretches' who had run from their quarters were
treated with kindness by the enuny. All my pa-
pers, letters of credit, watch, and clothes were
taken from me; even the coat I was wounded in
was plundered, and 1 was led to the hospital n ith
only my trowsers, shirt, and waistcoat ; the
,whole of my woutufeel were soloed the same; my
surgeop was wounded in the Cite by a ruffian, with
a pistol, some time after the action. The lugger
proved to* be the Precoyeur, of Dieppe, under
the command of Captain Antonio Biltpair (a Put.
tugueze), and who formerly was master of the
iimburcatk lugger, when she engaged his Majes.
ty's hired vessel Suntliz.ich, a few months since;
this man was extreme!) etisapouinted, by means of
the action, front capturing the ships in sight at
the lime, and from which teasers I attribute our
severe treatment.
" The Prevoyeur mounts 14 guns, four of .
which are bras; a8-hot rulers;* the principal part I
of her ereateappeared to be E ngli tit; see hail seven
men killed, anacresiell Werrntledrietwitlea sufferiM
in her hull, which is much shattered; she is quite
new, on her first cruise, and sails remarkably
fast. Ali our %resented are in the hospital with
me, and arc recovering fast, except .Mr. Connery,
who was dangerously wounded, I ball having
passed through his lungs; he is since dead. We
expect in about a montri,tu be marched as fares
Cambray prison.
" I trust that a liberal people will reward oar
services, and be convinced we did our duty, whim
opposed to such superior force. I hope that the
usual liberality of the Committee at Lloyd's, as
well as the Directors of the Patriotic Fund, will
consider us deserving their. protection, for we arc
convinced, that by resisting the progress of the
Prevojeui , we saved some of our country's 'Ast-
able ships front sharing a similar fate to or:rubes.
1 am sorry to say, to the disgrace of the uame of
a British sailor, that twelve of the fellows who
deserted their quarters (luring the action, entered
themselves, on our arrival at Dieppe, as seamen
on board the Prevoyeur.
" JOAN TREGOWETII."
" The following are the names of the men, who .
deserted their quarters, twelve of whom entered
ele,ol
cbmftoaa,
boars! the enemy's vessel at the time of capture:
—John Brown, Juhu Byries,John M'Lean, John
Joseph Day, T. Barker, 11. Deio, S.
Taylor, John S. voile, Lewis Joseph, FrancisGon.
salder, Joseph Almeda, J. Aifance, Francis Anto-
nia) Joseph tlarhusa, F. Gonsalder."
• The. -Inhn Rail morlit.:l lft eras ante.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY.
Twesday, November 14.
AUAR T. NOLDsEURTH.
A Mr. Fairfax and another bad sold certain
lands in Yorkshire in shares, to several indivi.
dusts, with a place called Bilborough Moor, to
all of them in common. The lands belonged 14
oee manor, and eact of the purchasers had a se-
parate deed in which it was covenantal, that
when at a future period it should be thought pro-
per that the moor should be allotted and enclosed,
the allotment and enclosure should nut take place
without the consent of Mr. Fairfax and the other
vendor, their heirs or assigns; and it war also
stipulated that the share of each purchaser in lid-
borough Moor should he determined by the ►aluo
of the estate of each at the time of partition.—
Mr. Agar, the barrister, who claims under we of
the parties, instituted a prods of partition in
the Rolls Court, soil procured a decree, net.
withstanding the opposition of the Defendant and
other sharers, who appealed from the Ryas Court
to. the Court of Chancery.
Mr. RICHARD sod Mr. BEVY., for
or Respondent, argued► that unless
or the other vendor ol)jected a Cot►.
might order a partitiou—that the Defendissi
no right to oppose this—and that
ought to be made according to the
of each of the separate estates according
covenants.

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Sir S. ROMILLY and Mr. }Cit.',
pellants or Defendants on the other
tended that it was not competint to
Law or Equity to order the partitiot
consent of all the parties—First,
shares of each, according to the co,
uncertain and in a state of constant
and secondly, because by the same
consent of, all the parties was necessar)
Ifss this was obtained, the only cgarse
to apply to the Legislature.
The LORD CH to NCELLOR after a
ins, said, that he would take a short
sider the subject before he gave his
the mean time ho stated two difficulties
Of partition, which pressed bird tit
In the first enlace, he doubted whet(,
utterctaialy al to the snares of each
the freehold h.id at all passed fro.n
and, in the next place, though the, iv
covenanted as to the point of consent I
venders, lie doubted whether, as this
transaction, the vendors did not stand
of tructees for the. whole) so that
would hare the same effect as if the pit,
stipulated with each other.—Judgmen]
In the calm Wilmot v. the MI r_
duwne, Sir iAIIIIEL RoMILLY wished
' when the additional affidavits oo the
Defendant were to be filed ?
tir AliTiltlk PIGOTT apologized to
/or the delay,.and said, that they wow
In the eoikrse of two or three days,
Stuart, a Surveyor, returned from
'Woods in dlcpute.
r COURT OF KING'S bENC,
Tuesday, November 14.
There was nothing of any interest
10-day. After the motions of toe,
posed of, the Judges met in the Exchequer
her, where the thy was spent iu hearing '
on a IVrit of Error, as to the form
the counts in the declaration in an
sumptit.

AN IMPOSTOE.—Copy of a letter
a Gentleman in Hull, dated Market
tober, 21 :
" Market Ralsen has been crowded
last ten days past all belief, hundreds
have come from all parts of the count
tress the far-famed skill of a Quack Doctor
account of himself is, that he was
but taken out of the side of his nsotl
is the "seventh son of a seventh son,
aerations, and that his mother was a seveni
ter. Many very genteel people even
and p►►sitively assert that he cures all
his touch ; he licks' their sores, breathes
mouths, &c. &c. makes the blind see,
speak, and the deaf hear. Ile is sue'
perhaps you never beheld ; he parades
accompanied by a fiddles a life, adrituv,
ral men with ribbons in their hate ;
black beard, walks without his coat,
waistcoat iiiiblittone, and his stock:
heels; he takes very little money of
yet spends a great deal ; he gives a
supper every day to the poor ; he has
ants, to each of whom he gives a
his daily etq►ences aresupposed tO be
pounds. All the inns here are very
eJ, many !topic have been obliged
Moors ; he generally has about two
tients a day, many have been here
have not been able to see hitn. He
chaise and four, a few days ago, to visit
out of town ; when he got to the tot
return, the horses were taken from the
he wilt dragged into the text, by men,
!leasea and acclamations of the mob.
bells, &c. &c. indeed, they look
something more than human ; he pretends
religion. I understand he was taken
coin, and committed to the House
or a vagrant, bet they were ehliged
his liberty. Ho will leave this place
days."

MAR.IttED.
Yesterday, at Greenwich, by the R•v. J.
%ovine., Eq. of Celeheacr, to clar.litte, daughter
Dale, Esq. of Hatton Garde° and Grcenuich.
Ots Saturday last, nt the parish Church of flowdow,
county of Chester, D.J.1% aliens Esq. of Welch Yoe!,
matey of St outgo:eery, to Miss Mary Anne, yea:gest deuAto-
ter of Rev. Rob. Harrel:, of Mall Lodge, -the - '-
Chester.

DIED.
Yesterday morning at his hunk is Pail-m2ll, Sir
Moroni Ulm, Ban.
Yesterday, at his residence,
ilea Gritalor_

Publisked S.

Defendant and
he Rolls Court
'or the Plaintiff
yes Mr. Fairfax
tort of Equity
Defendants. had I'
t the partition
1 actual valets
cording to the t.
•
, for the Ap.
er hand, con-
e any Court of 4
without the saws
, bec.tuse the
)versants, wore
t fluctuation...
covenants the
I sary, and on.
A
me would be •
a patient hear. t•
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't time' to con.
decision. In • .
ties in the way . 1
upon his mind.
IlAr, from the,
tch purchaser,
the sei.dure
purchasers had
I only with the
s was an claim
id is the lilacts
the -rovottants
purchasers had
tent deferred.q •
slue ids toot. Las.k il on I
he part of the
11').
to the Court
would he filed
ys, when Mr. 1
surveying the
CII.
4. I I
t in this Court
arse were dies.
chequer Chant- •
ariug Counsel
I and ii.iturc of /
action of as.
'
:r received by
t Raisen, Oc.
'tied for these
'ells of people
untry to wit.
Doctor, whose
r never born,
,ther, Mit he
for seven ge.
seventh dust'.
it come to him, •
II disorders by
athes into their
see, the dumb
t•
tcb a figure ae ,
lea the streets, .\
env, and sew-
he has a !twig • 1
coat, with his
tingle about his
.1
)1 his patients,
dinner or a
Las six attend.
guinea a day;
ab oet.t Wtleir
r much crowd.
to sleep on the
.1)
hundrod pa.
a week, and
went in a post.
visit a patient
own.end on his
the chaise, and
en, amidst the
oh, ringing of
upon him, as
etcnds to much
AI en up at Liu. I •
of Correction
,d to give him
144:
lace in a few
. akins, Frank
tlnughter of Jona
• llnwilnw, in the
r'elch Pool, in the
, youngest dituAh-
iu the anutty of
all, Sir Frederick
k, chetses, Theo-
!smolorme
I.ii est., as the